{"id":2455978,"date":"2025-07-05T18:08:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T22:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/push-to-add-trump-to-mount-rushmore-gains-momentum-as-house-rep-submits-official-request\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T18:09:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T22:09:08","slug":"push-to-add-trump-to-mount-rushmore-gains-momentum-as-house-rep-submits-official-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/push-to-add-trump-to-mount-rushmore-gains-momentum-as-house-rep-submits-official-request\/","title":{"rendered":"Push to Add Trump to Mount Rushmore Gains Momentum as House Rep Submits Official Request"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fpush-to-add-trump-to-mount-rushmore-gains-momentum-as-house-rep-submits-official-request%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=2455978&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--><p>Following the passage of the &#8220;Big Beautiful Bill,&#8221; Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles has suggested that former President Donald Trump deserves a place on Mount Rushmore, alongside iconic presidents like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. ogles praised Trump for reversing policies associated with &#8220;Big Government&#8221; and called for serious consideration of Trump&#8217;s eligibility for a third presidency.He expressed this sentiment during an interview with Fox news, highlighting the importance of Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-takes-aim-at-newsom-over-human-waste-and-drug-use-in-golden-state-streets\/\" title=\"DeSantis targets Newsom on waste and drug use in California streets.\">recent achievements<\/a>. Ogles even wrote a letter to Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum advocating for Trump&#8217;s likeness to be added to the monument,suggesting that the legacy associated with Mount Rushmore should evolve to include meaningful modern figures. Other Republicans, including Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, have also shown support for this idea, although initial legislative efforts regarding this proposal have stalled in Congress.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Now that the &ldquo;Big Beautiful Bill&rdquo; has passed, some Republicans are saying President Donald Trump&rsquo;s likeness belongs on Mount Rushmore.<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/house-republican-calls-third-trump-term-over-passage-historic-tax-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> on Thursday that not only should Trump be eligible for a third presidency, his face should also be enshrined on the national monument in South Dakota.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/china-needs-russia-fighting-ukraine-conflict-keeps-trump-occupied-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Trump<\/a>, we&rsquo;re finally reversing the damage caused by Big Government and Democrat cronies,&rdquo; Ogles told Fox News after the &ldquo;Big Beautiful Bill&rdquo; passed on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Wins like this are exactly why he deserves serious consideration for a third term &mdash; AND why so many believe he belongs on Mt. Rushmore,&rdquo; Ogles said.<\/p>\n<p>If successful, Trump&rsquo;s likeness would be etched next to those of the late George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I&rsquo;m asking <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecretaryBurgum?\">@SecretaryBurgum<\/a> to put Trump on Mt. Rushmore.<\/p>\n<p>Given the scale and scope of President Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >recent achievements&#038;mdash<\/a>;especially the impending enactment of the Big Beautiful Bill, the historic act that will ignite America&rsquo;s Golden Age&mdash;it is essential that we immortalize&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KougHxnKT2\">pic.twitter.com\/KougHxnKT2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Andy Ogles (@RepOgles) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepOgles\/status\/1940814174298288495?\">July 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ogles also wrote a letter to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-trump-gave-interior-nominee-one-directive-half-billion-acres-us-land-drill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Secretary of the Interior<\/a> Doug Burgum urging him to consider the idea.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We understand that physical modifications to Mount Rushmore raise logistical and preservation questions, but this discussion should not be foreclosed based on past bureaucratic resistance or political discomfort,&rdquo; Ogles wrote in his letter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680;BREAKING: Rep. Andy Ogles has officially sent a letter to Secretary Doug Burgum calling for President Trump to be added to Mount Rushmore. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sQqZwGjMFJ\">pic.twitter.com\/sQqZwGjMFJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1940807394688463247?\">July 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The legacy of Mount Rushmore is not frozen in stone. It is alive in the American memory, and it should evolve to reflect the full arc of our nation&rsquo;s history &mdash; including its most recent and transformative chapters,&rdquo; Ogles later added.<\/p>\n<p>Ogles is not the only Republican in Congress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trumps-face-carved-mount-rushmore-new-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in favor of the proposal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/792\/text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">H.R. 792<\/a> earlier this year, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/capitol-police-deny-congresswomans-request-to-open-capitol-hill-for-sledding\/\" title=\"Capitol Police Deny Congresswoman\u2019s Request To Open Capitol Hill For Sledding\">bill directing<\/a> the Department of the Interior to add Trump&rsquo;s likeness to the monument.<\/p>\n<p>But the bill was referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources the same day it was introduced, and it hasn&rsquo;t moved since.<\/p>\n<p>More than 400 sculptors helped in creating Mount Rushmore, which began construction in 1927 and was completed in 1941, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelsouthdakota.com\/trip-ideas\/story\/75-surprising-facts-about-mount-rushmore#:~:text=The%20carving%20of%20Mount%20Rushmore,no%20one%20died%20during%20construction.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Travel South Dakota<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It has more that 2 million visitors each year, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/moru\/planyourvisit\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Park Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In January, Ogles <a href=\"https:\/\/ogles.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/rep-ogles-proposes-amending-22nd-amendment-allow-trump-serve-third-term\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">introduced a resolution<\/a> that would amend the Constitution in a way that would allow Trump to have a third presidency.<\/p>\n<p>&lsquo;&lsquo;No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than three times, nor be elected to any additional term after being elected to two consecutive terms, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice,&rsquo;&rsquo; the proposed amendment would read.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Tennessee Representative Andy Ogles expressed on Fox News that Trump should not only be considered for a third presidential term but also deserve a place on the iconic monument in South Dakota. Ogles stated, &#8220;Thanks to President Trump, we&#8217;re finally reversing the damage caused by Big Government and Democrat cronies,&#8221; emphasizing that achievements like this warrant serious consideration for Trump&#8217;s potential third term and support for his inclusion on Mount Rushmore. If realized, Trump&#8217;s likeness would join those of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt.<\/p>\n<p>Ogles has also reached out to Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum in a letter advocating for this idea. He acknowledged that modifying Mount Rushmore poses logistical challenges but argued that discussions shouldn&#8217;t be hindered by past bureaucratic resistance or political discomfort. He further remarked that &#8220;the legacy of Mount Rushmore is not frozen in stone&#8221; and should evolve with America&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Florida Representative Anna Paulina Luna introduced H.R. 792 earlier this year to direct the Department of the Interior to add Trump&#8217;s likeness; however, it has yet to progress since being referred to committee. More than 400 sculptors contributed to creating Mount Rushmore between its start in 1927 and completion in 1941, which now attracts over two million visitors annually.<\/p>\n<p>In January, Ogles proposed a constitutional amendment allowing Trump eligibility for a third presidency by altering existing election limits<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2455979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Trump-Rushmore.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[58486,37158,58487,58488,3634],"class_list":["post-2455978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-house-representative","tag-mount-rushmore","tag-official-request","tag-political-momentum","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Trump-Rushmore.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2455978"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2455982,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455978\/revisions\/2455982"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2455979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2455978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2455978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2455978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}