Ex-congressman calls major renovation ‘utter desecration’ as demolition in East Wing reportedly under way

Ex-congressman calls major renovation ‘utter desecration’ as demolition in East Wing reportedly under way

Construction crews have started demolishing part of the East Wing of the White House to make way for Donald Trump’s planned ballroom, prompting widespread criticism on social media and beyond.

One former lawmaker even called the renovation an “utter desecration”.

The Washington Post, which obtained and published photos of the demolition activity and cited two eyewitnesses, reported on Monday that demolition was under way, and shared an image showing construction in progress and parts of the exterior ripped down.

  • Sturgist@lemmy.ca
    4·
    23 hours ago

    Years later, when Kellyanne Conway was mocked for being photographed crouching on a couch in the Oval Office (with her shoes on), Dobbs was apoplectic at the “venom of the left,” shocked that the liberal media would criticize Conway after their “deplorable hypocrisy” in giving Obama s pass for putting his big Black feet on the desk. Little-known fact: JD Vance later fucked that very same couch.

    Emphasis mine