An open letter to the President & U.S. Congress

Don't spend my money on Trump's vanity ballroom. Spend that money on Americans.

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Senate Republicans unveiled a $72 billion spending package late Monday night, and onlookers were left stunned after discovering a $1 billion line item related to President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project, which he’s long claimed would be entirely funded by private donors. Unveiled by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Republicans plan to advance the spending package using the partisan reconciliation process. The package includes $38.2 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, $26 billion for Customs and Border Protection, and $1 billion for “security adjustments and upgrades” related to Trump’s ballroom project. Add the ballroom to the laundry list of things Trump said someone else would pay for. Ultimately, of course, it’s always the American people footing the bill for his outrageous pet projects. A $1BN price tag while he rips away your healthcare. Sickening! Since its reveal, Trump has repeatedly claimed that his ballroom project would be privately funded and not use taxpayer dollars. That changed, however, shortly after the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting last month, which Trump immediately cited as reason to fast-track the project. Republicans last week began pushing a bill to fund the ballroom project using taxpayer dollars, and Grassley appeared to follow up on that push by including the $1 billion line item in Republican senators’ reconciliation package. MAGA Senator Chuck Grassley wants to spend billions of our taxpayer dollars to build Trump's golden ego-stroking ballroom while Americans go hungry, jobless, homeless, and without health insurance. Do you want the same??

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