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Jeff Merkley: “Certainly the billion dollars for a ballroom boondoggle…”

Featuring: Jeff Merkley, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Oregon

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Published | Video Starts at 04:28

Well, let's talk about chaos. Not a single common sense reform for ICE or CBP who have been acting like secret police terrorizing communities across this country. And then corruption. Well, Certainly the billion dollars for a ballroom boondoggle worthy of Louis XIV, but totally inappropriate in a democratic republic. That's certainly corruption. But this settlement in which Trump sues his own administration and his former defense lawyer serving as acting Attorney general, proceeds to say, I know what, I'll give you $1.8 billion to hand out to whomever you want. (04:28–04:40)

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Asserts that $1 billion is allocated for a ballroom, which is inappropriate for a democratic republic.

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