They lie because lies are all they have

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And their flying media monkeys are there to help spread those lies:

A LOT of taxpayer money was spent 15 years ago for some White House renovations under Barack Obama, but we don't recall any media hyperventilation about this: 

After getting settled in a new house, who doesn’t want to take on a home improvement project?

Parts of the White House have gotten a little creaky and out-of-date since the last overhaul five decades ago, so starting tomorrow the jackhammers and backhoes will be fired up to begin a four-year, $376 million project to improve the infrastructure in the East and West Wings.

“This is the biggest upgrade since the complete renovation of the executive mansion in the Truman era,” said Bob Peck, public buildings commissioner of the General Services Administration, the agency that manages federal facilities.