(FOX News) A new wave of Veterans today, were forced to remove barricades at the WW II Memorial to gain access during the federal government ‘slimdown’ a spokesperson from Sen Jerry Moran (R-KS) told FOX News today.
The ‘Greatest Generation’ WW II Vets from Ohio, Kansas and Missouri arrived at the memorial, one day after another group of Vets, relied on assistance of Republican lawmakers to move the barricades to allow access. Park Police did not interfere with either group of Veterans from entering.
Republican Natl Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus announced today that the RNC is prepared to pay the costs to keep the WW II Memorial open for the next 30 days.
The Obama Administration has not accepted the offer from the RNC, “The administration has decided that they want to make this government shutdown as painful as possible, including depriving our veterans the chance to visit the landmark. That’s not right, we all now that’s not fair,” said Priebus.
Flashback: Remember when obstinate President Obama canceled White House tours, even after FOX News Eric Bolling offered to personally pay for one weeks worth of White House tours from his own pocket–the Obama Administration rejected that offer.
Why is it that tourists can’t visit our national memorials by self guided tours instead of having some federal bureaucrat escort them?
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