Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) rejected former Rep. Joe Walsh’s idea that the next Democrat in office should destroy President Donald Trump’s new ballroom.
“I will repeat this every single day for the next three years: Any Democrat running for president in 2028 must pledge to immediately tear down/bulldoze/demolish Trump’s ballroom and fully restore the East Wing and any other piece of the People’s House Trump has or will destroy,” Walsh said in a post on X on Friday.
On “Meet The Press” on Sunday, NBC News’ Kristen Welker asked Gallego if he agreed with that notion.
“No, I think, to really mess with him, just name it the Barack Obama ballroom, and I think that will take care of half the problem,” Gallego, a staunch critic of the president, quipped in response. “More importantly, this is a distraction. First of all, he should not have done that. It’s the people’s house. Number two, where is the president? He’s focusing on the ballroom.”
Gallego brought up Trump’s tariffs and then described how everyday Americans are struggling to make ends meet amid the current rate of inflation.
