“The president seems to have time for everything except what truly matters,” the representative claimed. “In fact, we’ve heard from the press secretary that his main focus is the ballroom.”

However, as the representative described the East Wing renovation as “the ballroom that no one asked for,” the correspondent stepped in to clarify the situation, suggesting the Texas Democrat had misunderstood the context.

The correspondent pointed out, “Karoline Leavitt’s comment was in response to a question about whether the president was working on any other White House renovations.”

She elaborated, “Leavitt was indicating that the ballroom was the president’s focus in terms of renovations, not suggesting it was the top priority of his entire administration.”

CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins surprised conservatives as she stepped in to correct a false claim put forward by Democrat Jasmine Crockett live on the air

The live correction from Collins stunned many conservatives on social media, with one responding to a clip of the moment: ‘Can’t get better than this. CNN fact checking.’ 

Another joked: ‘So that’s why it’s so damn cold out, hell did freeze over!!!!’ 

‘Even CNN couldn’t ignore that one, you know it’s bad when they’re the ones calling out the spin.’  

Crockett is far from alone in her condemnations of Trump’s renovations of the East Wing, with her fellow Democrat Eric Swalwell calling on all 2028 presidential hopefuls to ‘tear down’ the ballroom if elected. 

The ballroom is said to cost upwards of $250 million and has been funded by private donors, with images of the White House under construction sparking fury among Trump’s opponents last week. 

Swalwell shared an image of the construction as he wrote: ‘Don’t even think of seeking the Democratic nomination for president unless you pledge to take a wrecking ball to the Trump Ballroom on DAY ONE.’  

Alternatively, he said nominees could consider renaming it to the ‘Barack Obama Ballroom’ after reports emerged last week that Trump plans to name the space ‘The President Donald J. Trump Ballroom.’

‘A Trump monument to corruption will not stand,’ Swalwell added.

Trump’s ballroom is said to cost upwards of $250 million and has been funded by private donors, with images of the White House under construction sparking fury among Trump’s opponents last week

Crockett is far from alone in her condemnations of Trump’s renovations of the East Wing, with her fellow Democrat Eric Swalwell calling on all 2028 presidential hopefuls to ‘tear down’ the ballroom if elected

And Crockett’s admission in her CNN interview that she has ‘no idea’ when the government shutdown will end comes as Republican insiders told the Daily Mail they expect it could become the longest in history. 

The funding debacle stems from Senate Democrats’ opposition to a Republican-authored government funding bill that lacks provisions for Obamacare funding. 

Currently in its 29th day at the time of writing, the shutdown is poised to soon become the longest period in American history during which the federal government has not been fully operational. 

Trump set the current record during his first term for a shutdown that lasted 35 days, between December 2018 and January 2019. The dispute then was over billions in border wall funding, which Democrats objected to and never ultimately included in the funding package. 

If the government is not funded before next Wednesday, November 5, the ongoing funding gap will surpass that first term feat.

‘My current bet on the office whiteboard is November 6,’ one GOP aide told the Daily Mail. ‘I know a lot of offices are having internal bets on how long it goes on.’

‘I pray to God this won’t go down as the longest shutdown in history, but I really don’t see an off ramp,’ another senior Senate aide told the Daily Mail. ‘Unless something really shakes the Democrats, I’d say this could go as far as Christmas.’