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Published on Oct 3, 2013
In an astounding confrontation that
took place yesterday at the World War II Memorial in DC, a Tea Party
congressman from Texas appeared to blame the Park Service for denying
veterans access to the facility — and then made a Park Ranger apologize
for the shutdown.
"How do you look at them and ... deny them access?" Rep. Randy Neugebauer asked the unidentified Ranger in an incredible exchange that was caught on camera by NBC Washington.
In fact, the Park Service has been invoking the First Amendment in order to allow vets into the memorial despite the shutdown making it illegal for the department to do so.
"It's difficult," the Ranger replied. "Well, it should be difficult," scorned the congressman. "It is difficult," the Ranger repeated. "I'm sorry, sir."
"The Park Service should be ashamed of themselves," said Neugebauer. "I'm not ashamed," the Ranger retorted.
"You should be," sneered Neugebauer.
The good news is that, despite the GOP's best efforts to divert blame to literally anybody else, most Americans know full well who's truly to blame.
A just-released CBS News poll found that 44% fault the Republicans for the shutdown, while 35% fault Obama and the Dems.
Meanwhile, a whopping 72% disapprove of holding the entire budget hostage over Obamacare, including nearly 50% of all Republicans surveyed.
The day before he was taped harassing a Park Ranger for doing her job, Neugebauer went on The Chad Hasty Show to state that he will keep the government shut down for "as long as it takes" to ensure that Obamacare is not funded, claiming it was the will of the American people.
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"How do you look at them and ... deny them access?" Rep. Randy Neugebauer asked the unidentified Ranger in an incredible exchange that was caught on camera by NBC Washington.
In fact, the Park Service has been invoking the First Amendment in order to allow vets into the memorial despite the shutdown making it illegal for the department to do so.
"It's difficult," the Ranger replied. "Well, it should be difficult," scorned the congressman. "It is difficult," the Ranger repeated. "I'm sorry, sir."
"The Park Service should be ashamed of themselves," said Neugebauer. "I'm not ashamed," the Ranger retorted.
"You should be," sneered Neugebauer.
The good news is that, despite the GOP's best efforts to divert blame to literally anybody else, most Americans know full well who's truly to blame.
A just-released CBS News poll found that 44% fault the Republicans for the shutdown, while 35% fault Obama and the Dems.
Meanwhile, a whopping 72% disapprove of holding the entire budget hostage over Obamacare, including nearly 50% of all Republicans surveyed.
The day before he was taped harassing a Park Ranger for doing her job, Neugebauer went on The Chad Hasty Show to state that he will keep the government shut down for "as long as it takes" to ensure that Obamacare is not funded, claiming it was the will of the American people.
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Congressman Confronts Park Ranger Over Closed WWII Memorial
By Mark Segraves
| Thursday, Oct 3, 2013
Conflict over the responsibility for the government
shutdown got personal at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Wednesday when a member of Congress confronted a U.S. Park Service
Ranger over access to the closed park land.
The congressman was Randy Neugebauer,
a Republican representing Texas. He confronted the ranger in the middle
of a crowd of tourists as she was keeping most of the public out of the
closed World War II memorial.
The Park Service has been allowing World War II vets
who have traveled from all over the country to enter the memorial, even
though it's closed during the government shutdown; the rangers say they
are exercising their First Amendment rights as they let the veterans
in.
But they are keeping the rest of the
public out of the facility, which is officially closed. And that did not
sit well with the congressman, reported News4's Mark Segraves, who
witnessed the confrontation.
"How do you look at them and... deny
them access?" said Neugebauer. He, with most House Republicans, had
voted early Sunday morning to pass a funding measure that would delay
the Affordable Care Act, a vote that set up a showdown with the Senate
and President Barack Obama. With the parties unable to agree on how to
fund the federal government, non-essential government functions shut
down Tuesday.
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