FROM NEW YORK POST: CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins corrected Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) after the congresswoman repeated a debunked claim that President Donald Trump’s top priority during the government shutdown is building the new White House ballroom.
The tense exchange unfolded Monday night on “The Source” as Crockett pivoted from a question about the shutdown to attack Trump’s East Wing renovation plans.
“The president has time to do everything but what he needs to focus on,” the lefty pol said. “In fact, we heard the press secretary say his main priority is the ballroom — the ballroom that no one asked for. The ballroom that requires him to destroy historic pieces of the White House.”
“Yeah, and that context of the comment from Karoline Leavitt — she was asked if the president was working on any other renovations when it came to the White House,” the anchor said. “And she was saying his focus was the ballroom.”
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