Current Events > Children told to 'build the wall' at White House Halloween party

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https://news.yahoo.com/children-were-told-to-build-the-wall-at-white-house-halloween-party-153024720.html

A Halloween party on Oct. 25 at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building featured candy, paper airplanes and concerning for some attendees a station where children were encouraged to help Build the Wall with their own personalized bricks.

Photos of the childrens mural with the paper wall were provided to Yahoo News.

The party, which took place inside the office building used by White House staff, included the families of executive-branch employees and VIP guests inside and outside government. Even though many of the attendees were members of President Trumps administration, not everyone thought the Halloween game was a treat.

Horrified. We were horrified, said a person who was there and requested anonymity to avoid professional retaliation.

The Eisenhower Executive Office Building stands across from the White House and houses a large portion of the West Wing support staff and is home to the vice presidents ceremonial office. The Build the Wall mural was on the first floor, outside the speechwriters office and next to the office of digital strategy and featured red paper bricks, each bearing the name of a child.

Large letters on the display spelled out Build the Wall. Kids dressed as superheroes and ninjas were given brick-colored paper cards and told to write their name with a marker and tape them to the wall. Alongside the paper wall were signs including one that read America First, a slogan often used by President Trump that had been criticized because it was previously employed by the Ku Klux Klan.

Earlier in the week offices inside the EEOB had been instructed to put together kid-friendly displays for trick-or-treaters. The displays were supposed to be interactive and inspiring, and all were supposed to address the partys theme: When I grow up I want to be
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According to the spokesperson, each office in the building put up decorations. Next to the Build the Wall bricks, construction-worker gear hung on hooks under a sign that read Trumps Crew.

Photos on Instagram show other offices were adorned with more apolitical decorations including a mock candy shop, cobwebs, inflatable guitars and carnival games.

The White House did not respond to a request for comment.

Erecting a wall on the southern border was the signature policy proposal in Trumps 2016 presidential campaign, and since taking office, he has repeatedly claimed progress on the wall. While some existing fencing has been replaced with newer construction, as of August the overall length of barriers along the frontier had not increased since the Obama administration.

Trumps proposed border wall has drawn criticism for its cost and because opponents argue his rhetoric toward Latino immigrants is racist, an accusation Trump has denied. Former officials told Yahoo News they thought the Build the Wall display at the EEOB Halloween party was disturbing.

To the extent the wall is just a xenophobic symbol, this is obviously a gross thing to have children do, Ben Rohrbaugh, who worked on National Security Council on border security in the Obama administration, told Yahoo News. To the extent its a representation of an actual wall on the southwest border, the kids have made nearly as much progress as the president has since 2017.

Those who worked in and around the EEOB said the border wall display is far different from what was done in prior years. We never did anything like this in the Obama administration, said Nate Snyder, who previously served in the Department of Homeland Security as a counterterrorism official. We hung up skeletons and ghosts.

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Just another fucking mark getting wrapped up in kayfabe. Open your fucking eyes

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Bad_Mojo posted...

Just another fucking mark getting wrapped up in kayfabe. Open your fucking eyes

Huh
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I saw that. Fucking disgusting. trump should go to prison for that
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glitteringfairy posted...

Huh

You're getting worked by the US government

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Machete posted...

I saw that. Fucking disgusting. trump should go to prison for that

lol
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A paper wall is probably just as effective as what they're putting up.

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Bad_Mojo posted...

glitteringfairy posted...

Huh

You're getting worked by the US government

Ooo work me bby
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__aCEr__ posted...

A paper wall is probably just as effective as what they're putting up.

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It's a Mike Pence run party, so I'm just surprised they weren't playing hangman.
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Machete posted...

trump should go to prison

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Daaaaaaw how cute
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It's a fun activity for some of the visitors. No reason to get so riled up.
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Seriously our kids should be learning about much more wholesome activities like becoming trans at age 7 and strutting down a pride parade like a sex symbol.

https://youtu.be/rvm9i3I8gbQ
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Caution998 posted...

Seriously our kids should be learning about much more wholesome activities like becoming trans at age 7 and strutting down a pride parade like a sex symbol.

https://youtu.be/rvm9i3I8gbQ

You know taking one extreme (and in this case not even extreme. The build the wall exhibit was pretty gross. Gotta start making your kids fear foreigners early, don't you?) and trying to counter it with an extreme from the other direction isn't a good way to argue?
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"our kids" like caution is going to be able to reproduce
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