anything from the demonrats? From the RNC press release: “The Obama administration has decided they want to make the government shutdown as painful as possible, even taking the unnecessary step of keeping the Greatest Generation away from a monument built in their honor,” said Chairman Priebus. “That’s not right, and it’s not fair. So the RNC has put aside enough money to hire five security personnel to keep this memorial open to veterans and visitors. Ideally, I’d hope to hire furloughed employees for this job. “Seeing that the DNC has bragged about fundraising off of the government shutdown, I’d invite my counterpart, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, to join with us in keeping this memorial open. “These brave Americans have sacrificed so much for our country. House Republicans have acted to keep parks and monuments open; Democrats are standing in the way. We want to do what we can, in the face of the intransigence from the White House, to support our veterans. “If the White House complains that such action is not permitted, I’d simply remind them that their unilateral action to give exemptions from Obamacare to big business and their political allies wouldn’t seem permissible either. If they can go to such lengths to protect their political interests, surely they can do something to support the interests of those who fought in World War II.” Reported earlier today, a group of WWII veterans submitted a request to the Obama administration, but their request was rejected by the White House and the Department of the Interior, and the park police notified the group they would be arrested if they tried to visit the monument. As has been widely reported, the WWII veterans did not care about the threats, and visited the open air memorial anyway like the badasses that they are. These guys fought Nazis, defended America and deserve to admire and pay their respects to the memorial.
Posted on: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 19:40:10 +0000
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