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HELENA, Mont. – President Donald Trump is pushing to build a ballroom at the White House had become more urgent because of security concerns following a shooting at the the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner over the weekend. 

“We looked at…all of the conditions that took place tonight, and I will say its not….a particular secure building…and uh, I didn’t want to say this but uh, this is why we have to have ball with the attributes that we were planning at the White House. It’s actually a larger room, and it’s much more secure it’s got — its storm proof — its got bullet proof glass — we need the ballroom. It’s why secrete service its why the military are demanding it,” Trump said.

The comments came after the Justice Department called on the National Trust for Historic Preservation [link] to drop its lawsuit blocking the construction.

Justice Department officials said the administration would move to dismiss the case if the group did not drop its lawsuit by this morning.

In Montana, Sen. Tim Sheehy announced in a press release that he would introduce legislation and seek unanimous consent to approve construction of the Presidential Ballroom. 

“It is an embarrassment to the strongest nation on earth that we cannot host gatherings in our nation’s capital without the threat of violence and attempted assassinations. There is no place for political violence in America,” Sheehy said.