Schumer Social Media Post Stirs A Lot Of Debate
It’s not every day you see a senior Senate leader publicly faceplant over a doctored narrative, but that’s exactly what happened this week when Senator Chuck Schumer jumped on the latest viral outrage bait — only to get caught red-handed misrepresenting the facts.
Honestly, you can’t make this shit up. https://t.co/GYjl09qeGT
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) October 23, 2025
The drama centers on a renovation project underway at the White House, where President Trump, true to form, is overseeing the construction of a new East Wing ballroom — a privately funded initiative designed to accommodate large-scale events for up to 650 guests. According to the administration, the project is being paid for through Trump’s personal funds and private donations, meaning no taxpayer dollars are involved.
That didn’t stop the left-wing outrage machine from kicking into high gear. A misleading clip from a fringe account made the rounds on social media, selectively quoting White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt to make it seem like the ballroom was Trump’s top priority — period — as if the government shutdown, foreign wars, or the border crisis weren’t on his radar.
Cue Chuck Schumer, who gleefully quoted the post and added his own derision:
"Honestly, you can’t make this s**t up."
Well, actually, Chuck, you can — and someone did. The quote was taken entirely out of context. Here’s what Leavitt actually said, in response to a direct question about White House renovations:
“Not to my knowledge, no, but he's a builder at heart, clearly, and so his heart and his mind is always churning about how to improve things here on the White House grounds. But at this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the President's main priority.”
In other words, she was specifically talking about renovations — not national priorities, policy, or the shutdown. Schumer’s attempt to score a quick dunk backfired spectacularly, and now he’s the one left looking unserious.
You're a scumbag and a liar, Chuck — but everyone already knows that. She was answering a question specifically about construction projects on the White House grounds.
We'll lay it so even your demented mind can comprehend:
QUESTION: "In addition to the ballroom and the Rose… https://t.co/un75flkoch
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 23, 2025
This kind of manufactured outrage is a recurring pattern, but it’s wearing thin. It’s also deeply ironic coming from the same party that can’t seem to pass a clean continuing resolution without attaching strings like expanded subsidies and unrelated social spending. The shutdown, after all, is being prolonged by Senate Democrats’ refusal to support the same CR they once backed earlier this year. The script hasn’t changed — they’re just betting the public won’t notice.
But if Schumer thought this ballroom narrative was going to distract anyone from 22 days of shutdown stalemate, he badly miscalculated. At best, this was a sloppy hit job. At worst, it was a deliberate attempt to distort and deflect from his own party’s role in the gridlock.