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Gallego says he supports tearing down Trump's ballroom and arch and explains why

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I fucking can’t with these dems not understanding “going back to 2022” is idiotic message. Fuck the arch. Keep the stupid thing and just remain it “Arch dedicated to rape victims” and put a giant ass plaque with Trump’s name. Literally campaign on doing it. See? Not fucking hard.

Every Democratic leader should share the same mindset as Senator Gallego. Every one of them should have been voicing this type of truth ever since the child molester attacked our Capitol. That’s why Harris lost and why so many people failed to vote. bsky.app/profile/gall...

Senator Ruben Gallego@gallego.senate.gov

I spend a lot of time at Section 60 in Arlington, visiting friends I lost in Iraq. Now Trump wants an ugly arch within view of that sacred ground. This isn't about liking the guy. It's January 6th. It's the DOJ. It's putting his name on the Kennedy Center. None of it earns a monument.

Why wait for 2029? If Ds take the House in 2027, the first order of business is to take back the purse and cut all funds for the ballroom, arch, golf courses and anything else Trump is spending our money on without authorization.

Imagine what Trump could do if he was in charge in France, Italy, Greece or another country with architecture going back hundreds or thousands of years. Tear it down and replace it with new modern works. We don't have a lot of history here but what we have needs to be saved and repaired.

No. Trump's $600M ballroom: a court ruled it unlawful—he's a "temporary tenant, not the owner." The National Trust sued and won. Kennedy Center renaming blocked. His "Arc de Trump" got 1,000 comments—100% opposed. Not vanity projects. Unlawful demolitions of public history. Tear them all down.

Yes! Two loads of dirt dumped on the patio would be my first move. Then walk through the WH with a putty knife and scrap all that Hobby Lobby gold crap off the walls. You're right about the ballroom being ugly.

Here's the thing, we're going to want to tear down anything associated with Trump after all the damage he's caused but what the American people need to remember, it was the President's party that let him do it.

"President tRUMP is certainly putting his mark on Washington..." (ballroom, arch at Arlington, the Kennedy Center disrespect). As Jake the Tepid utters this, all I can picture is a demented, growling, filthy old man URINATING all over D.C. like a dirty, horny old cur marking his territory. Jesus.

I'm going to call it the "Rose Garden Pledge." Rebuild the Rose Garden Tear down the ballroom (if built) Tear down the arch (if built) Take down any gold Take down anything with his name on it Destroy (legally) any coins/currency with his face on them. Other ideas appreciated...

The city of West Berlin used rubble cleared from its streets after the war to build a hill in a large city park. People ski on it during the winter. DC could do something similar with the rubble from demolition of the Trump eyesores.

Yes, work on legislation that limits the action of president to actual administrative duties within the purview of Congress (with penalties & enforcement power enumerated). And. as with currency, no Fed Bldgs can have the name of a living president.

We already have those, and an entire constitution describing all of that. You can't legislate your way out of an entire party ignoring their responsibilities. We will have to fix some things after the fact.

The Arch should never be built and if is, should be taken down, and DJT should cover all cost incurred. The East Wing is gone - the ballroom a waste of money but a new, appropriate office complex built over the bunker and command center would recoup some wasted funds. Or convert the BR to offices.

The fact too aesthetically the ballroom size is far bigger than the rest of the White House. It’s going to look uneven and terrible, and the arch is just ridiculous nonsense.

Every dime the orange stain grifted from being president should be taken back. He should be made to pay for the rebuilding of the white house. TEAR DOWN THE DISGUSTING BALLROOM & GROTESQUE ARCH. Everyone involved with his treason & grifting, should be indicted, tried, convicted & jailed. VOTE BLUE!!

Another immediate action - In January 2027 Congress must cut the purse strings for this BS. If Temu Bob the Builder doesn’t have our money to pay for this shit then it will end. Any companies that want to circumvent Congress and finance this BS should have their contracts voided immediately.

Let's recover most of the money and lock the fucks up. All the fucks. There's a bunch of em. Plenty. Usual democrats cleaning up after the usual fusop republicans. It takes up a lot of all our time.

That's the conclusion every non-Republican is going to make, and it's going to happen. It'll cost millions and millions to raze these buildings, and rebuild what was there, but it'll have to be done. Who wants a lasting memory of Trump after he's gone? MAGAs? Fuck 'em, their opinions don't matter.

It’s not my country but the Rubicon has been crossed. There is no moving on They made a mistake with the Confederacy You can not make the same mistakes This needs a full root and branch truth and reconciliation AND JUSTICE Unless you deal with the root cause it’ll always come back

Any Democratic party candidate running for president that doesn't pledge to do this on the first day should be automatically disqualified. Trump's name and influence on our government must come down if America wants to be taken serious again.

Also needs to have a plan to fix the courts. They are useless now and only damage the country. Must pledge to strengthen our laws and constitution.

The arch overlooking Arlington National Cemetery is Trump visually saying (as recorded) They were all suckers + losers who gave their lives for WHAT? They’re dead, they suffered, their families suffered. Trump asks Why? If he doesn’t know then he shouldn’t be commander in Chief.

*Tear them down *Claw back the illegally-embezzled funds used to build them *Confiscate funds from the crime family and associates for cleanup and restoration *Jail for everyone involved, including the contracting company executives

Its too late to save the White House but the monuments need to go. Also 1st thing congress has to do is close the loopholes that emboldened this narcissistic monster to Nazi-fied Washington DC

Of course it should be torn down bc Trump is awful. But that’s not what you lead with. “He didn’t get Congressiona, lawful approval for any of it. “ Make it procedural. Just like if your neighbor built a pool deck without permits, on public property, that shit would get torn down. Same with Trump.

i mean tearing down the ballroom would be a waste of money and we are broke as fuck already. What is the arch suppose to commemorate? or is just Trump wanting an arch and it has no meaning besides feeding his Ego.

We should tear all of it down. He is a traitor & it’s about time that we stop honoring these racists confederate people of the klan. That’s part of our problem. All these statues to these treasonous criminals is outrageous & makes us look stupid.

I’m conflicted. I want Trump to die posthaste. Yet I also want him to live long enough to see the monuments he built to himself demolished as he is sitting in the prison TV room.

It’s perverse and disingenuous to flatter yourself with monuments and gaudy, unnecessary structures when: 1) you’re still in office 2) you haven’t done anything to deserve such an honor 3) real Americans are struggling financially 4) the VAST majority of Americans can’t stand him

Tear it all down, before you promise to put it in writing all of you should put everything in writing that you promised before any election from now on I hereby declare.

Never going to happen. First, a Democratic administration would tie itself in knots dealing with environmental studies, permitting, etc. instead of just bulldozing like Trump. Second, a Dem POTUS is going "to want to move on" as Biden did.

Hear hear! My father is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. He was a patriot and of course anti- fascist. Trump is neither. I have an immigrant ancestor who fought in the Union Army against Lee's army in Virginia in the Civil War. Trump wants to rehabilitate the losers. Tear down Trump monuments.

Tear EVERYTHING down and send the bill to Trump. He is stealing money from taxpayers so let him pay the restoration of DC as it originally was. Including the rose garden

The ballroom had to come down. 1st it’s obviously illegal. 2nd we can’t have presidents building monuments to themselves. 3rd there can be no continuation of lawlessness. 4th MAGA has to understand that the laws must be faithfully followed

I’d say the rubble from his arch would serve as a nice memorial for his entire presidency, but you know it’s gonna be made of paper mache and not quality stone