Dick Durbin: “The president just plowed down the East Wing of the White…”

“I think that's a horrendous waste of time and money, and it did not go through the appropriate channels. The president just plowed down the East Wing of the White House and it sits there as a gaping hole. waiting to be filled. It was going to be his billionaire buddies to fill it. Now it's the American taxpayers. A billion dollars.” (04:18–04:25)

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