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Peter Welch: “President Trump is demanding $1 billion to build an East…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Welch Scathes Republicans' $1 Billion Funding Request for Trump's Ballroom Project

Published | Video Starts at 00:33

They're glad to do that to protect their families, to improve their community. But, you know, they work hard, but they don't like paying for wasteful things. And right now, President Trump is demanding $1 billion to build an East Wing, which, by the way, is an east wing that he destroyed. tore it down, and now he promised Americans that he would rebuild it. It would be through private contributions, but he's asking, demanding, really, the United States Congress to spend a billion dollars to rebuild what he destroyed. (00:33–00:45)

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Asserts that President Trump is demanding $1 billion to rebuild an East Wing he previously destroyed.

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