{"id":108437,"date":"2025-10-28T13:19:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T17:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/walz-repeats-debunked-claim-that-trump-considers-white-house-ballroom-top-priority-108437"},"modified":"2025-10-28T13:19:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T17:19:07","slug":"walz-repeats-debunked-claim-that-trump-considers-white-house-ballroom-top-priority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/walz-repeats-debunked-claim-that-trump-considers-white-house-ballroom-top-priority-108437","title":{"rendered":"Walz repeats debunked claim that Trump considers White House ballroom &#8216;top priority&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is facing criticism for claiming that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump administration<\/a>\u2019s top priority is the $250 million construction of a new ballroom to replace the East Wing of the White House, as the government shutdown nears its first month.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Walz announced a plan to provide $4 million in emergency funding to support food shelves while blaming President Donald Trump and Republicans for the ongoing shutdown.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He cited comments made by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/executive\/white-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House<\/a> press secretary Karoline Leavitt.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are choosing not to fund these programs \u2026 and when the White House press secretary said the top priority is the ballroom, we could not disagree more,&#8221; Walz said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/from-gilded-oval-office-new-monument-look-trumps-renovation-projects\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>FROM THE GILDED OVAL OFFICE TO A NEW MONUMENT: A LOOK AT TRUMP&#8217;S RENOVATION PROJECTS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, Leavitt\u2019s remarks came when a reporter asked whether Trump was considering other renovations or major projects at the White House aside from the ballroom and Rose Garden patio.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not to my knowledge, no, but he\u2019s a builder at heart \u2014 clearly \u2014 and so his heart and his mind are always churning about how to improve things here on the White House grounds,&#8221; Leavitt said. &#8220;But at this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president\u2019s main priority.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/senate\/republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republican National Committee<\/a> said Walz was &#8220;shamelessly continuing Democrats\u2019 lie about Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Leavitt posted on X: &#8220;Stop lying, Tampon Tim.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital has reached out to Walz\u2019s office for comment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/sprawling-new-200m-white-house-ballroom-paid-trump-donors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>SPRAWLING NEW $250M WHITE HOUSE BALLROOM TO BE PAID FOR BY TRUMP AND DONORS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other Democrats have also accused Trump of prioritizing the ballroom rather than issues important to voters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Trump administration just declared that erecting a ballroom is the President\u2019s main priority,&#8221; House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., wrote on X in response to Leavitt&#8217;s remarks. &#8220;Meanwhile. The cost of living is way too high and the Republican healthcare crisis threatens millions of Americans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>PolitiFact, a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials, noted that his statement was false.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The construction of a new formal ballroom has become a political lightning rod, despite the cost being financed jointly by Trump and private donors, not taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/photos-inside-making-trumps-ballroom-look-construction-progress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new ballroom<\/a> will accommodate approximately 650 seated guests and will stay true to the White House\u2019s classical design, Leavitt said in July.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/walz-repeats-debunked-claim-trump-considers-white-house-ballroom-top-priority\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/walz-repeats-debunked-claim-trump-considers-white-house-ballroom-top-priority <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minnesota Gov. 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