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Updated · Fox News · Jun 2
Fetterman Backs 6-Story White House Ballroom as He Blasts Democrats Doubting April 25 Shooting
Updated
Updated · Fox News · Jun 2

Fetterman Backs 6-Story White House Ballroom as He Blasts Democrats Doubting April 25 Shooting

2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 2
  • John Fetterman said Trump should begin the White House ballroom project immediately, arguing a secure venue is needed after the April 25 shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.
  • A poll found about one-third of Democratic respondents believed that shooting was staged, a view Fetterman called "wild" because attendees could verify the attack happened.
  • Fetterman said the dinner packed the line of succession into a crowded room, warning that a slightly different outcome in either the April attack or the earlier Butler attempt could have thrown the country into chaos.
  • Trump has cast the ballroom as both an event space and hardened security structure, saying it would extend six stories deep and use impenetrable steel, four-inch-thick glass and 9,000 pounds of concrete.
Can modern security needs justify demolishing historic White House sections for a fortified ballroom?
Can a new building fix security problems rooted in agency protocol and human error?
How is a 'privately funded' project using government processes that bypass normal congressional oversight?