Doug Burgum doubles down on Reflecting Pool vandalism claim

politicsAug 1, 202616345

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum defended President Donald Trump’s insistence that the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was vandalized, posting Saturday that "The evidence is clear, vandals have repeatedly caused damage to the Reflecting Pool" and saying the department supplied expert and eyewitness testimony to the U.S. Attorney's office. Burgum’s statement came after U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro withdrew the vandalism charge against ex-Olympian David Hearn and filed court papers attributing the pool lining damage to a "flawed installation by the contractor" and "the rush to complete the project." Trump wrote that he "disagree[s] 100% with Jeanine Pirro" and called the damage "a pure case of VANDALISM," including a claim the grass bore a large "86 47" marking; he posted a video he said showed people cutting the pool material with a knife or box cutter. The Reflecting Pool, part of the Lincoln Memorial and dating to 1922, is at the center of a public dispute between the Justice Department, the Interior Department, and the president, with Burgum vowing, "We won't back down to deranged people who want to destroy, deface, or degrade our monuments." The immediate consequence is an intra-administration clash that accompanied the dismissal of criminal charges and shifts blame between contractors and alleged vandals.

Mar-a-Hell-No!

@mara-hell-no.bsky.social

The dismissal of charges "does not erase the abuse of gov't power in arresting & charging a patriotic American who did nothing wrong. The govt's approach was ready, fire,aim. The administration owes Mr. Hearn an apology." Shame on Pirro, Bergum, & the orange clown. www.rawstory.com/reflecting-p...

871h ago

Brown Eyed Susan

@browneyedsusan.bsky.social

www.rawstory.com/reflecting-p... This guy is screaming like a LUNATIC on X for not putting a 67 year old man in jail for a crime he did not commit. "Deranged" is an understatement.

755h ago

Bill Virginia Beach25

No one in the Burgum family has been this angry since their slaves were taken away

Brown Eyed Susan21

What's with these rich fucks thinking they can put innocent people behind bars to even some score? Trump wanted to have 5 innocent men executed just because they were black. He took out a full page ad calling for it.

Brown Eyed Susan13

Trump wanting to fire Pirro for not putting innocent people away should give her replacement the right incentive to start framing people for crimes.

myfurbabies3

Wtf. We all know that iT made up the vandalism story. They really need to destroy someone's life because of a shitty job and a shitty lie?

Democracy Matters1

It just seems like a way to kiss 47's backside, to earn favor, to be at the forefront of the brownnosers.

Nat's the Name 🦀 🇺🇲1

Dougie the Dumbass bootlicker. Anything to appease his daddy donny the bigger dumbass.

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Literary Girl10

WTAF does he do all day as Interior Secretary?

Alt National Park Service

@altnps.bsky.social

Trump is publicly fighting with his own hand-picked appointees after his Justice Department concluded in court that the Reflecting Pool damage was primarily caused by a “rushed and botched installation.” Maybe whoever installed the grass was also unqualified and is responsible for the “8647”.

761h ago

shanamergykaplan.bsky.social1

I just want one reporter to ask him what IQ stands for when he calls reporters low IQ!

**°•.FAFO.•°**

@fafo-ez-one.bsky.social

Republicans when they found out Jenny Parole dropped the reflecting pool case against ex-Olympian Dave Helm🤣

331h ago

hammancheez

@hammancheez.bsky.social

Your fun reminder that Doug Burgum is literally a billionaire and doing this for fun he does not need this job or trumps largesse to have an insanely cushy life for him and his childrens childrens children

244h ago

Tori

@toti66.bsky.social

links.rawstory.com/s/c/ceYjyvLy... I’m sure he means the child rapist and the fake administration who are actually doing the damage to Washington DC and the people’s house right now that’s who he’s talking about that’s who he’s calling deranged and want to destroy our country!!

72h ago

Mark1

And he was the democratic governor of North Dakota! Nut job traitor

Lauren Ashley Davis

@laurenmeidasa.bsky.social

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum took to X to air his grievances after U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro dropped her Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool vandalism case against Olympian David Hearn, and blamed Burgum's department for it. www.rawstory.com/reflecting-p...

64h ago

North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party

@dem-npl.bsky.social

Doug Burgum lied to the American people and even withheld information from the DOJ! What a sniveling embarrassment to our state!

33h ago

proud rebel scum ⚛️

@proudrebelscum.bsky.social

Doug Burgum is a 70-year-old billionaire who chooses to spend his twilight years as a propagandist for an entirely corrupt human being. I would choose to enjoy life instead. get a hobby, buy a boat, hang out by the pool, take up pickleball.

43h ago

AFinRenoFightsBack 🌊2026 🌊

@callyson.bsky.social

Knives are Out as Trump Attacks his Own DOJ, Trump Prepares Largest Iran Strikes as Military Invokes Divine Authority, Iran Hacks "Trump is attacking Jeanine Pirro, Doug Burgum is too, and Pirro is pushing back" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

62h ago

Nolan Hicks

@ndhapple.bsky.social

“Ms. Pirro’s office dramatically reversed course on Friday, not only withdrawing the charge against Mr. Hearn but blasting the Interior Department for the rushed and “botched” renovation,“ “In the process,… , she skated perilously close to contradicting Mr. Trump — and he noticed.”

51h ago

hikercat.bsky.social

@hikercat.bsky.social

Doug Doug Doug, vandals destroyed the reflecting pool like Mitch McConnel is enjoying his rehab talking with friends and colleagues everyday. At some point you republicans will need to actually show the videos you say you have. Security cameras are all around that pool. And in Mitch's hospital

51h ago