welp, that didn't take long

[dweller]

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[riversedge]

1. Blanche takes orders from his pal Trumpy

[underpants]

2. Like clockwork

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221199889

[Swede]

3. Nope.

[Coolgoober]

4. Will no longer need

To venture beyond the safety of the White House perimeter?!??!! Sounds like someone who won't leave the White House

[50 Shades Of Blue]

5. Is Trump planning to never leave the WH?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. I am shocked that any lawyer would sign their name to this letter

[Coolgoober]

7. We should build ballrooms

At all the schools in America

[yellow dahlia]

8. WORD!

[taxi]

9. He should behave more like the paranoid oligarchs of his ilk. He needs to be in a missile silo.

Safely locked away from all danger.

[yellow dahlia]

10. "the only ballroom in Washington D.C. suitable to host large gatherings for the President"

The event was not to host the President grifter - it was to honor the WH Correspondents.

Audacity thy name is Todd Blanche.

[Coolgoober]

14. Good Catch

Brilliant

[Endlessmike56]

11. That letter was probably written Friday so they would have it ready to go when it happened

[Coolgoober]

12. Reagan Was Shot Outside

So what the hell does a ballroom have to do with anything???? Any ballroom

[vapor2]

31. Absolutely nothing!! He is consumed with it

[GreenWave]

13. oh no honey bunny, would be assassin is said to have entered the second floor.

It is time to ban all second floors from 'merica.

[rurallib]

15. Saves a lot of time when memos like this are written out ahead of time

[Coolgoober]

16. All Golf Courses Should Be Outlawed

Because and assassination attempt was made on the President of the United States of America at a golf course. I guess if they build a ballroom on the third hole they could be permitted

[BattleRow]

24. Lincoln met his end at Fords Theater

Well, since the Kennedy Center is closed for renovations,I guess that's one less ballroom required.

[senseandsensibility]

17. Tim Sheehy (R) is going to introduce legislation tomorrow

to "streamline" the process of building the ballroom.

[dweller]

19. I was expecting this to happen

eventually

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[Disaffected]

18. Waiting for the demands to expand the ballroom size and with a retractable roof

to accommodate a heliport and indoor golf course.

Maybe make it stadium size to accommodate campaign rallies?

Hmm, what else - build it in Florida? The President for Life would approve...

[Katinfl]

23. No way was that a close call.

[magicarpet]

33. A few more venues for inclusion at trDUMP's Testicle-Room.

The trDUMPee testicle--room would be a perfect venue to hold professional wrestling, cage fights until death, and kick boxing matches.

Young American males need to be taught the joys of viciousness, experience the pleasures of blood lust, and hone their skills to become a lethal combatant each and every day.

American men and boys must be prepared to do war with our enemies and friends in order to preserve the concept of American Exceptionalism.

Pinkos, queers, trans-sexuals, and/or transvestites, or cross dressers, as per the dictate s of Pete Hegseth, simply can not, do not, and will not cut the mustard. They must be banished from all branches of the US Military because they degrade the readiness of our fighting forces and de-masculinize our troops.

Men,.. Men,.. Men - Real genuine macho men only.
USA,.. USA,.. USA - home of the Fascist KKKrishtun Zealots fighting the next Crusade for Jeebuzz.

Trump's testicle--room would be the perfect place for the American Nazi Bundt to hold their Fascist Rallies to better expand their membership and their message that a kinder and gentler form of Fascism is a very good thing for America.

Fascism,... don't fight it,... just lean back and relax,... letting it wash over, bathe, and cleanse you. It makes your life so much more easier.

[dalton99a]

20. Yep.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/us/politics/trump-white-house-ballroom-dinner-shooting.html

[Bengus81]

21. Seen those pics of Trump and his sycophants laughing and yukking it up

just 30 min later? So...Trump and his bootlickers don't care about what happened and neither do I.

[OMGWTF]

22. How about you eat a bag of unsalted peens, Toad.

[AverageOldGuy]

25. All the alarms . . .

. . . . metal detectors, two-way mirrors, hidden observers, bulletproof glass, armed cops, and all the other tricks in the security bag will not stop a crafty, determined would-be assassin.

[CatWoman]

26. Former MAGA Influencer Says MAGA Response to WHCD Shooting Is 'Paid' And Coordinated

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/former-maga-influencer-says-maga-response-to-whdc-shooting-is-paid-and-cooridinated/

[Just Jerome]

27. Remarkable

that Meghan McCain did NOT mention who her father was. I hope she’s feeling well.

[William Seger]

28. Hey, Todd, how about making the Secret Service competent first?

I heard on ms.now that the special agent in charge of security at Butler PA was promoted to Secret Service Director, presumably because he shielded #rump after the shooting started, certainly not for directing the crackerjack team that let a kid with a rifle climb on top of one of the closest buildings. I had heard bits and pieces about what went down, but the Wikipedia synopsis is an appalling story of incompetence:

At 4:26 p.m., a local law enforcement countersniper ended his shift and spotted Crooks around the southernmost warehouse of a complex owned by AGR International,[64] in which police countersnipers were positioned. The countersniper texted his colleagues about Crooks, noting that Crooks might have known about the police presence inside the building. The New York Times described the text messages as suggesting that Crooks aroused police suspicion more than 90 minutes before the shooting. At 5:14, a countersniper still in the building saw Crooks directly underneath the warehouse and photographed him. The countersniper saw him "scoping out" the rooftop of the building and carrying a golf rangefinder, which particularly alarmed officers. The countersniper texted images of Crooks to other members of law enforcement before heading outside to find him and keep visual tabs on Crooks while backup arrived. Crooks ran from his position and evaded a search joined by four other local police officers. Law enforcement officers spotted Crooks between 20 minutes and 30 minutes before the shooting. Multiple local law enforcement officers identified Crooks and believed he might have been acting suspiciously near the event's magnetometer weapon detectors; they expressed their suspicions over radio, and the Secret Service was informed of this at some point.

[BeneteauBum]

29. An attempt on trump's life?

Was the orange creature ever in danger? From what I’ve read, the shooter was after any politician he could get to……..not specifically tRump. It looks like another smoke and mirrors move to get approval for the glitzy gold eyesore.

Peace ☮️

[vapor2]

30. I saw it coming

[BidenRocks]

32. But we don't want a bloody ballroom!

Not now and not 150 years ago.
The only voices wanting this are in the chump psyco's head!

Why would we want something we can never use?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

34. MaddowBlog-Trump's Justice Department joins ballroom lobbying campaign in an unusual way

It’s really not the DOJ’s job to tell private litigants “enough is enough” because the president doesn’t want to be inconvenienced by the legal process.

Link to tweet

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-justice-department-joins-ballroom-lobbying-campaign

But as part of his campaign, Trump specifically condemned the ongoing lawsuit challenging the legality of his construction project, writing online, “The ridiculous Ballroom lawsuit, brought by a woman walking her dog, who has absolutely No Standing to bring such a suit, must be dropped, immediately. Nothing should be allowed to interfere with … its construction.”

Trump’s Justice Department evidently noticed. From the MS NOW report:

The Justice Department demanded the National Trust for Historic Preservation drop its lawsuit against the construction of the ballroom.

‘When the White House ballroom is complete, President Trump and his successors will no longer need to venture beyond the safety of the White House perimeter to attend large gatherings at the Washington Hilton ballroom,’ [the DOJ] asserted in a letter Sunday.

In the same one-page letter, Brett Shumate, the DOJ Civil Division’s assistant attorney general, added, “Put simply, your lawsuit puts the lives of the President, his family, and his staff at grave risk. … Enough is enough.”

He demanded the National Trust for Historic Preservation “voluntarily dismiss this frivolous lawsuit today in light of last night’s assassination attempt on President Trump. If your client does not dismiss the lawsuit by 9:00 AM on Monday, the government will move to dissolve the injunction and dismiss the case in light of last night’s extraordinary events.”....

We didn’t necessarily need fresh evidence of Main Justice acting like an extension of the Oval Office and the president’s wishes, but Shumate and Blanche offered up a new example on Sunday anyway.

[dweller]

35. National Trust said

No




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[LetMyPeopleVote]

36. Scathing new motion from DOJ leaders explicitly calls on federal court to dismiss ballroom lawsuit

Most lawyers would be very embarrassed to file this type of motion. Blanche and company are catering to trump and trump's desire for his stupid ballroom.

Link to tweet

Whoa. Scathing new motion from DOJ leaders — including Todd Blanche — explicitly calls on federal court to dismiss ballroom lawsuit.

Insults the National Trust — "they suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome, commonly referred to as TDS."

Reads like Trump wrote it.

[dweller]

37. That's actually

quite pitiful .

I hope the judge rips it to shreds in a ruling




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[LetMyPeopleVote]

38. This filing was written by trump

It is sad that any attorney would sign this filing