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Richard Blumenthal: “He never should have torn down the swing. It's not his…”

Featuring: Richard Blumenthal, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Published | Video Starts at 05:15

But how do you feel about taxpayer dollars going toward that construction? This Trump ballroom is a gold plated boondoggle. He never should have torn down the swing. It's not his house. It's. It's the people's house. And he did it without coming to Congress for any kind of funding. Now they are trying to use taxpayer money, which I think is a mistake for the construction without Congress overseeing exactly what that structure is. (05:15–05:21)

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Asserts that the President should not have demolished the East Wing without approval.

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