GOP Push for Trump's Ballroom Despite Public Opposition

0:00It's April 27, I'm Cory with the story, and this is Entertainment and Celebrity News today, your AI-powered entertainment report. Republicans are ramping up pressure on Congress to greenlight President Trump's 400 million White House ballroom right after that assassination, attempt at the press gala Saturday night. A federal judge already paused construction because Trump tore down part of the East Wing without congressional approval, even though he insisted, private donations would cover it all. Now, some GOP lawmakers want to slip funding into must-pass bills like the one for Homeland Security. Representative Chip Roy from Texas said, get it done, while a group of senators led by Lindsey Graham plans to introduce their own bill to authorize and pay for it. Public opinion is not on board though, with polls showing only about a quarter of American support the idea and most see it as a vanity project amid. Bigger issues like rising costs. Democrats are calling it ridiculous. Especially tying it to Saturday shooting when security wasn't the original pitch.

1:03Trump and his team are doubling down on national security now, claiming the Secret Service has wanted this for years to handle big crowds safely. But critics point out the ballroom would only fit around the thousand people, far less than the two thousand plus at the gala, and it might not even host those. Events. The Preservation Group Fighting the Project refused to drop their lawsuit Monday, so it's headed to appeals while Republicans keep pushing. His whole push shows how party loyalty is driving the agenda, even after a close call.