White House donates steaks from cancelled congressional picnic to Walter Reed
By Aris Folley - 06/22/18 06:40 PM EDT
The White House has donated steaks and other food from its cancelled congressional picnic to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, a spokesperson said Friday.
President Trump had postponed this year’s congressional picnic on Wednesday, citing discussions over his administration’s controversial “zero-tolerance†immigration policy, which led to hundreds of families being separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Trump told reporters it didn’t “feel right to have a picnic for Congress when we’re working on doing something very important.â€
“Because we’re all so busy, and I just mentioned to the congressmen and senators in the room that we are going to cancel and postpone tomorrow’s congressional picnic,†the president said.
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