{"id":1810049,"date":"2023-01-18T17:20:04","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T22:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1810049"},"modified":"2023-01-18T17:21:44","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T22:21:44","slug":"house-bill-aims-to-prevent-destruction-of-mount-rushmore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-bill-aims-to-prevent-destruction-of-mount-rushmore\/","title":{"rendered":"House Bill Aims To Prevent Destruction Of Mount Rushmore"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-bill-aims-to-prevent-destruction-of-mount-rushmore%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1810049&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>The House Republicans propose legislation to protect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/mount-rushmore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mount Rushmore<\/a> Not being renamed, or destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>As Native Americans and others have already passed the bill, it is now effective. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/news\/mount-rushmore-native-american-protests#:~:text=Among%20the%20most%20notable%20in,desecration%20of%20a%20spiritual%20site.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">protested<\/a> The South Dakota national memorial features four sculptures by Presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. It is located on a mountain in South Dakota&#8217;s Black Hills.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Dusty Johnson (R.S.D.) introduced Tuesday&#8217;s bill. It would not allow federal funds to be used to modify or remove any part of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Nine Republicans are co-sponsors. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-bill\/386\/cosponsors?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22%22%5D%7D&#038;r=12&#038;s=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to Congress.gov<\/a>. No Democrats are listed among the co-sponsors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur nation\u2019s history is not without its flaws, but there is no doubt the faces on Mount Rushmore represent democracy, freedom and the great American experiment,\u201d Johnson stated, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/gop-moves-protect-mount-rushmore-activists-rename-tear-down\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to Fox News<\/a>. \u201cRemoving or changing Mount Rushmore will not change the past and will not move us forward as a country. We must protect Mount Rushmore for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/dustyjohnson.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/johnson-introduces-mount-rushmore-protection-act-amid-calls-retire-mount\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously introduced<\/a> The \u201cMount Rushmore Protection Act\u201d in 2022 in response to former NBA player Jalen Rose\u2019s call to \u201cretire\u201d The monument. Rose was the first to visit the monument. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/espns-jalen-rose-slams-mount-rushmore-stop-using-it-to-measure-greatness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said Mount Rushmore<\/a> \u201cshould be offensive to all of us, especially Native Americans and indigenous people, who were the first people here before Christopher Columbus. That land was stolen from them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Native American leaders have criticised Mount Rushmore as a symbol for racism. \u201cwhite supremacy\u201d And \u201cstructural racism.\u201d They also have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/south-dakota-tribal-leader-on-mt-rushmore-remove-it-but-dont-blow-it-up-less-environmental-damage-that-way\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called for its removal<\/a>. Governor Kristi Noem (R\u2013SD) suggested that the monument could be destroyed. \u201cNot on my watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Noem announced last Wednesday the Biden administration <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KristiNoem\/status\/1613657185069989890\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">again rejected her request<\/a> For a permit to display fireworks at Mount Rushmore on Independence Day. Trump, the former president, gave a speech at Mount Rushmore July 3, 2020. That was the last day fireworks were permitted on the site. Trump claimed last week that fireworks would be permitted at the monument if he was reelected president.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President Trump granted us the Freedom to commemorate Independence Day with fireworks at Mount Rushmore.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s bring it back in 2025! And we\u2019ll keep pushing Biden to do the right thing until then. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LeKxHau2XT\">pic.twitter.com\/LeKxHau2XT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kristi Noem (@KristiNoem) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KristiNoem\/status\/1613916693373255683?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump gave us the Freedom to celebrate Independence Day with fireworks at Mount Rushmore,\u201d Noem responded. \u201cLet\u2019s bring it back in 2025! And we\u2019ll keep pushing Biden to do the right thing until then.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans are proposing legislation to protect Mount Rushmore from being renamed or destroyed. The bill comes as Native Americans and others have protested the national memorial, located in South Dakota, which features sculptures of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt carved into a mountain in the Black Hills. 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