South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) went on Fox News on Thursday to reveal that President Joe Biden refused to issue the permits this year for the Fourth of July celebration at Mount Rushmore, alleging that he never gave a reason why.
Noem Talks Mount Rushmore Fireworks
Noem explained that Donald Trump had brought the celebration back after Barack Obama got rid of it, ostensibly for environmental concerns. She said that Biden is now cancelling it again with no explanation as to why.
“[W]e had the fireworks at Mount Rushmore for years,” Noem said. “It wasn’t until President Obama came into office that they took it away.”
“He made the decision to pull it based on environmental concerns, so as soon as I became governor, even I wasn’t even sworn in yet, I had a conversation with President Trump and said, ‘Would you ever help us get back our celebration at America’s monument, the one that recognizes the importance of our founding fathers, that celebrates our independence and freedoms?’” she added.
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“And he said, ‘You want fireworks, and you want me to help you?’ And I said, ‘Yes,’ and he said, ‘I’ll do it.’ Took us a year and a half to do all of the environmental studies, to do the back burning necessary to protect the area from fire danger, and we did every single requirement that was laid out in the protocols to get the celebration back,” Noem continued.
‘It Was Fantastic’
“It was fantastic,” Noem added. “In the middle of a pandemic at Mount Rushmore on July 3, the country unified. We saw riots and violence happening in every other state, and South Dakota stepped up and hosted a celebration of people that love this country and were peacefully gathering to recognize how unique this country is, so we want to do that every year.”
When Fox News’ Lawrence Jones asked “what changed” this year, Noem suggested that “political reasons” were behind the decision by the Biden administration to cancel the celebration.
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“Biden just decided not to let us have it,” she stated. “Literally, just would refuse to issue us the permit to be on that federal property right there. Now, there is a federal law — because I’ve sued them over this — there’s a federal law called the Administrative Procedures Act, which says that they have to give us a real reason for why they denied us the opportunity to be there and to celebrate.”
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“We met the environmental concerns,” Noem concluded. “We met the fire danger protocols. We’ve consulted with the state, local and federal officials. We’ve done the consultations with the tribes. We met every single protocol. There was no reason to deny us those permits unless it was for political reasons.”
Check out her full interview below.
This piece was written by James Samson on July 1, 2021. It originally appeared in LifeZette and is used by permission.
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Triggered again, eh cud chewer? Ewer Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V frenzies are laughable, just like ewer entire pathetic existence. To be completely owned by an individual or entity, as ewe are by Trump and the GOP, demonstrates ewer low mental aptitude and weak character. Hilarious.
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Nick Fuentes, the leader of a white nationalist group, was bemoaning the political persecution he said he was facing from the federal government when he paused during a recent livestream to praise one of his few defenders.
“There is some hope, maybe, for America First in Congress,” Mr. Fuentes said, referring to the name of his movement, a group that aims to preserve white, Christian identity and culture. “And that is thanks to — almost exclusively — to Representative Paul Gosar.”
Ain't that a shame
You're the one to blame
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You're the one to blame
Ain't that a shame
You're the one to blame
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You're the one to blame
Happy July 4th!
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Ewe inability to reply with anything original is not surprising. Typical copy and paste, dumbed-down, loser lib who thinks he's a "crusader", when in reality he's a complete dòlt. Hilarious.
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Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V = plagiarism. All ewe got, eh cud chewer? Too stupid to think for ewerself. Hilarious.
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During his livestream of the Tuesday visit, Aguero interviewed and chatted with Reps. Tom. Tiffany of Wisconsin, Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina, Chris Jacobs of New York, Michael Cloud of Texas, John Rose of Tennessee, Ronny Jackson of Texas, and Mary Miller of Illinois.
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This just shows once again that DemocRATs HATE America and her people.
Biden is the most UNAMERICAN president this country has ever had!
The INFIRM always follow the Rules as set forth by the DEMOCRAT COMMUNIST PARTY of AMERICA.
Best of Luck Comrade.
I think everyone deserves to voice their opinion whether we like what they say or not.
He's anti-American
Blank the moron biden.
It's discrimination against a RED state. Noem should move it to Crazy Horse (privately held and would gladly take donations for such an event) and do it way better than Washington DC.
Have a really big blast at a place of the people's choosing, Gov.
We all KNOW "why"….Biden's Marxist controllers won't allow ANY federal celebration, praise, reverence, appreciation, pride, and respect for America, a country the left hates.
Screw that monkey. Your the governor, put on a fireworks display and don’t invite him.
Too bad your RGL is so low. Recommend
Did you buy a Thesaurus? Such big words from you!
So erudite
The Governor is a fist class human star; Love her. Biden is a first class CREEP. He need to go back to his basemen; never to come out.
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Why don't ewe ever have an original response or post? Ewe depend wholly on Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V obviously because ewe're too stupid to think for ewerself.
Why are you so obtuse?
Congress created the National Park Service and prescribed that the fundamental purpose of national parks, monuments, and other reservations is "to conserve the scenery, and the natural and historic objects and wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same… as will leave them unimpaired."
The United States Congress regularly passes and amends legislation related to the management of lands and programs administered by the Service.
Permission is not needed. The federal government can not have parks and federal land per the U.S. Constitution, only land for federal services. It is time for the governor to take the land from the federal government that has exceeded their powers. States need to Nullify all federal government overreach!
A cult classic!
It's because it is a celebration of the country's founding that the fascists ban the widely popular Rushmore display. They hate this country as it was founded.
it's because they can; mind you if you rip him a new one , be like a sponge Bob