Posted on 10/26/2025 4:41:35 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
On MSNBC's The Weekend, in a segment on President Trump's ballroom project co-host Eugene Daniels called the Founding Fathers "nightmarish" on some policies, citing slavery. Daniels acknowledged that the Founders got it right in creating a White House that was relatively small, the goal being to distinguish it from the palaces of royalty.
The original Constitution did not forbid slavery because the Southern states, whose economies were heavily dependent on slave labor, had made it clear that they would not join the United States if the Constitution had abolished slavery.
Daniels would apparently have preferred a United States composed only of the northern states, with the Southern states forming a separate nation. The ironic, likely result would have been for slavery to have persisted beyond Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation in 1862.
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It’s amazing how many of these pontificating ignoramuses there are, spewing worthless nonsense all day long.
Or shaking. Haha.
What is that? Lmao.
Looks like he went to the Pee Wee Herman estate clothing sale
So a small White House is ok, but a small government isn’t…
Sadly, there appear to be few of us left who believe in the latter anymore.
He went dressed as a waiter?................
Whitehouse was finished in IIRC 1780, burned by the British in ~1814, right?
No sure the Founders built it, pre se. Jefferson was an architect. Washington was in it before it was finished.
So... The Founders didn’t exactly sit down and draw up plans.
got to the rental place late
only suit left
And suddenly! - Miraculously! - EVERY ABCNNBCBS News Media host has their IDENTICAL stalking points about Trump’s White House ballroom construction complaints.
While they ignore Schumer’s government shutdown Tales of Wow.
The Whitehouse is a giant office complex with some living quarters. It is not a house in the traditional sense.
Eugene Daniels is a slave of the democrat party. /spit
Hey big dummy Eugene…Comcast is helping pay for the ball room. MSNBC is owned by Comcast. Ignorant pos!
Per Wikipedia:
President’s House in Philadelphia was the third U.S. presidential mansion. New York City had served as the first national capital under the U.S. Constitution, from April 1789 to August 1790. George Washington occupied the Philadelphia house from November 27, 1790 to March 10, 1797; and John Adams occupied it from March 21, 1797 to May 30, 1800. John and Abigail Adams moved into The White House in November 1800.
Not by much. In 1862 the industrial revolution was on the near horizon.
Yeah they created a small government too…… youre ok with bloated useless federal bureaucracy but a long needed upgrade to the WH is where you draw the line.
L8beral tears are flooding the nation!
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