{"id":462778,"date":"2021-04-30T13:17:07","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T17:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=462778"},"modified":"2021-04-30T15:53:11","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T19:53:11","slug":"south-dakota-gov-kristi-noem-sues-biden-admin-over-independence-day-fireworks-cancellation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-dakota-gov-kristi-noem-sues-biden-admin-over-independence-day-fireworks-cancellation\/","title":{"rendered":"South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem Sues Biden Admin Over Independence Day Fireworks Cancellation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fsouth-dakota-gov-kristi-noem-sues-biden-admin-over-independence-day-fireworks-cancellation%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=462778&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>Republican South Dakota Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-kristi-noem\">Kristi Noem<\/a> sued the Biden administration on April 30 over their cancellation of Independence Day fireworks at Mount Rushmore this year.<\/p>\n<p>Noem is demanding that the court restrain the banning of the fireworks permit and grant authorization \u201cexpeditiously,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/govkristinoem\/status\/1388153972704219136\">wrote on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMount Rushmore is the very best place to celebrate America\u2019s birthday and all that makes our country special,\u201d Noem stated.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Unfortunately, the new administration departed from precedent and reneged on this agreement without any meaningful explanation. We\u2019re asking the court to enjoin Interior\u2019s denial of the fireworks permit and order it to issue a permit for the event expeditiously. (3\/3)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Governor Kristi Noem (@govkristinoem) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/govkristinoem\/status\/1388153972704219136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAfter telling us they\u2019d \u2018circle back,\u2019 the Biden Administration has not responded to our request to uphold the Memorandum of Agreement between the State of South Dakota and the National Parks Service to host a safe and responsible national celebration and fireworks show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota Central Division, asserting that the Biden administration \u201cdeparted from precedent and reneged on this agreement without any meaningful explanation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are asking the court to enjoin the [Department of Interior\u2019s] denial of the fireworks permit and order it to issue a permit for the event expeditiously,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The governor requested the Biden administration to maintain a 2019 agreement between the state and the National Parks Service that gave permission for the return of fireworks in 2020, after more than 10 years of prohibition of fireworks celebration at the site.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0National Park Service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/biden-administration-denies-request-to-hold-july-4-fireworks-at-mount-rushmore_3733768.html\">rejected<\/a> the attempt to display fireworks during Independence Day this year over CCP (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/giving-the-right-name-to-the-virus-causing-a-worldwide-pandemic-2_3277200.html\">Chinese Communist Party<\/a>) virus concerns and opposition from local tribes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPotential risks to the park itself and to the health and safety of employees and visitors associated with the fireworks demonstration continue to be a concern and are still being evaluated as a result of the 2020 event,\u201d the National Park Service stated.<\/p>\n<p>The Epoch Times reached out to the White House for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Trump made a jubilant appearance with fireworks at Mount Rushmore in 2020, the first time that fireworks were displayed there since 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Trump denied stories that the White House talked to the South Dakota governor about carving his image on the historic monument, but said that it would be a \u201cgood idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3428432\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-462726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-4224.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"703\"  style=\"display:none\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-4224.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-4224-300x176.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-4224-1024x600.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-4224-768x450.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-4224-922x540.jpeg 922w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-4224-675x395.jpeg 675w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-4224-480x281.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3428432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-4234.jpeg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrive for South Dakota\u2019s Independence Day fireworks celebration at Mount Rushmore in Keystone, S.D., July 3, 2020. (Saul Loeb\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is Fake News by the failing @nytimes &#038; bad ratings @CNN,\u201d Trump wrote\u00a0on Twitter last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever suggested it although, based on all of the many things accomplished during the first 3 1\/2 years, perhaps more than any other Presidency, sounds like a good idea to me!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem sued the Biden administration on April 30 over their cancellation of Independence Day fireworks at Mount Rushmore this year. Noem is demanding that the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277089,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-4224.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"South Dakota Gov. 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