2013 Obama NPS: Park Ranger: “We’ve been told to make life as difficult for people as we can." . . . "Team Obama is actively and deliberately trying to inflict as much pain on ordinary people as possible, hoping to stoke public outrage at Republicans over the impasse." . . . With the help of his subservient press.
Jordan Sekulow . . . "In 2013, what President Obama did was nothing short of a political stunt. To make our veterans feel the pain of the shutdown, he weaponized our public lands. He actually had park officials working overtime to erect barricades and stand guard to deny access to open air memorials, which were normally open 24/7. Worse still, he did this knowing that groups of WWII veterans were planning once in a lifetime visits to the memorial erected in honor of their fight for freedom.
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Jordan Sekulow . . . "In 2013, what President Obama did was nothing short of a political stunt. To make our veterans feel the pain of the shutdown, he weaponized our public lands. He actually had park officials working overtime to erect barricades and stand guard to deny access to open air memorials, which were normally open 24/7. Worse still, he did this knowing that groups of WWII veterans were planning once in a lifetime visits to the memorial erected in honor of their fight for freedom.
"I was there. I witnessed the tragic irony of elderly veterans who once fought for our freedom on the shores of Normandy and Iwo Jima having to fight once more through metal barricades, steel wire, and sandbags – erected with their tax dollars, during a time when the government was supposedly shut down – just to view the memorial built in their honor and on land they kept free.
"The Obama Administration forced those who paid the price for our freedom to pay the political price to drive a narrative. It made heroes feel the pain to win a political battle.
"It was repulsive to the core.
"After witnessing this injustice, I went back down to the memorial with a team of ACLJ
attorneys to demand answers. Once more the barriers were up, and we were denied access. We demanded answers. We prepared to take legal action, sent a demand letter to the Obama Administration, and filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to know why the Obama Administration used our veterans as political pawns.
"Only after our unceasing advocacy did the Obama Administration back down and reopen the monuments to First Amendment activity – a victory for heroes.
"Thankfully, this time, the Trump Administration did not repeat the unconstitutional and disgraceful mistakes of his predecessor." . . .
How spiteful is Obama? He blocked parking areas where monuments could be viewed from a distance! "Not satisfied shutting the monument even though the State offered to pay to keep it open, the feds placed cones to block viewing areas in the distance.
How spiteful is Obama? He blocked parking areas where monuments could be viewed from a distance! "Not satisfied shutting the monument even though the State offered to pay to keep it open, the feds placed cones to block viewing areas in the distance.
"As bad as the Battle of the Barrycades is in Washington, D.C., forcing WWII Vets to have to push their way past barricades at the WWII Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam Memorial, and Iwo Jima Memorial, what the feds did at Mount Rushmore has to be the most petty and insane of them all.
"The feds didn’t just shut the access roads — even though the state offered to pay to keep them open — it erected cones along a viewing road in the distance to prevent people from pulling over to view the presidential monument."
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