Democrats, assorted leftists and their propagandists in LameStream media have the vapors over Donald Trump adding a grand ballroom to the White House.
From the beached whales on The View, to the motley crew of Democrats in Congress, to various news outlets preaching to a choir of declining viewership, they weep and gnash their teeth in histrionic outrage.
It reminds me of the way my two granddaughters prefer to greet “crises” such as misplacing a toy or a stuffed animal, with their exaggerated emotional displays. Forgive them, those girls are 8 and 6 years of age, respectively. They know no better.
Contrast this to the supposed adults who have latched onto the Trump White House renovation like drowning people desperately grabbing a life preserver. They so desperately need a distraction from their ongoing idiocy. Faux outrage over history repeating provides an opportunity to take the spotlight off their failings.
More than one Republican has noted it is curious how the party that is so in favor of destroying history, from pulling down statues to attempting to rewrite the nation’s past by tampering with textbooks on the subject, can’t cope with a White House renovation.
Perhaps it is the cruel reality that it is not being funded on the taxpayers’ credit card, but instead from private donors, including Trump, that so bothers these habitual freeloaders.
Beyond that, the White House is not the same building as originally built. Leftists, please note, the place was burned by the British during the War of 1812.
A bit of internet research produced posts on whitehousehistory.org referring to a marker in the floor of the White House Entrance Hall, commemorating past such renovations, most recently the complete gutting and rebuilding of the place in 1952, under Harry S. Truman.
Compared to Truman’s work, Trump’s demolition of the East Wing in preparation of building a ballroom is small potatoes. By the way, the East Wing has been part of the building only since 1942, not 1792.
Trump supporters point out that, along with those other building projects, past White House residents have changed things, including Nixon’s bowling alley, Obama’s basketball court and various swimming pools that have come and gone under assorted presidents.
But, should these ballroom critics move on from this topic, they might have to admit to very real current problems they have created.
The government shutdown, brought to you by establishment Democrats cowering in the face of their party’s left-wing lunatics, would be a nice place to start. Since when is guaranteeing free healthcare to illegals a priority?
Similarly, the ongoing violence in the streets, said to be funded by the typical left-wing billionaires, is a problem that needs to be addressed. By the way, why does Bernie Sanders love “oligarchs” when they are funding leftist causes?
A socialist/communist about to be coronated as New York City’s mayor is another topic the left wants to avoid addressing.
And so it goes.
Trump’s White House ballroom plans are but an issue for the left to glom onto, hoping to distract from their mounting failures on other, more substantive matters.
It allows these hypocrites to run around screaming the catchphrase from the old Under Armour commercials, “We Must Protect This House.”
The irony is that, due to leftist policies, citizens are finding they too often must protect their houses, businesses, children and vehicles – literally — from the criminals and illegals the Democrats support so vigorously.
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