Kellyanne Conway said on Fox Business Friday that Democrats are “zealous because they’re jealous’ over President Donald Trump’s plan to build a new ballroom at the White House.
Trump initiated demolition of the East Wing at the White House to make way for a 90,000-square-foot state ballroom that his administration plans to build, a move that sent many on the left into hysterics even though it’s funded entirely with private money. Appearing on “The Evening Edit,” Conway said Democrats would “be just fine” if they were invited to the same events.
“You know what I think is going on here? The left is zealous because they’re jealous. And if they get invited to one of these big fancy affairs, they’ll be just fine. I promise you, plus the president’s being transparent. He is issuing a list of the donors,” Conway told host Elizabeth MacDonald.
Conway argued that Trump even pledged his own money to kickstart construction.
“Everybody can see who’s actually funding it. They’re going to be acknowledged on the wall if they’d like to be. But more importantly, he went first. You know how the left is always screaming, Liz, ‘make the billionaires pay for it, make the billionaires pay for it.’ That billionaire, President Trump, he gave practically the first contribution,” Conway noted.
Conway said the ballroom effort ties into Trump’s broader goal of beautifying America ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary.