Melania Trump faces backlash after revealing new White House tennis pavilion

First lady's announcement sparked a slew of Twitter responses including a terse 282,345' from Washington DC journalist David Corn

Melania Trump drew backlash on Monday after announcing that a new tennis pavilion is set to be unveiled on the south grounds of the White House, as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to surge across the country.

It is my hope that this private space will function as both a place of leisure and gathering for future first families," the first lady said in a written statement on Monday, which came just weeks before the Trump family turns the White House over to his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, who handily won the 2020 presidential election.