Dems fume as Trump moves to amend DC's July 4 celebration, possibly address the nation

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President Trump has apparently taken charge of this year’s Fourth of July
celebration in Washington, D.C., and will possibly give a personal
address, angering some Democrats who fear the president will politicize
the holiday.

City officials in the nation's capital were notified of Trump’s plan to
address the nation on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and move the
traditional fireworks display from the Capitol Reflecting Pool to the
nearby West Potomac Park, the Washington Post reported.

But the plans, which the administration says will allow more people to
attend, have raised logistical concerns among officials as they make
preparations for the holiday, which is fast approaching.

“We have a lot of people come to the Fourth of July. Logistically, over
the years, the kinks have been worked out,” Mayor Muriel Bowser told the
Post. “We don’t want to throw off what already works.”

“We have a lot of people come to the Fourth of July. Logistically, over
the years, the kinks have been worked out. We don’t want to throw off what
already works.”

— Muriel Bowser, mayor of Washington, D.C.
The move to amend the July 4 celebrations in Washington comes after Trump
floated the possibility of holding a military parade, an idea he got when
he attended Bastille Day celebrations in France.

But the military parade idea was dropped after senior White House and
Pentagon leaders estimated it would cost $92 million.

“When asked to give us a price for holding a great celebratory military
parade, they wanted a number so ridiculously high that I cancelled it.
Never let someone hold you up!” Trump tweeted.


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Trump’s plans are being criticized not only for imposing a burden on the
city logistically, but also for political reasons.

Rep. Betty McCollum, a Minnesota Democrat who chairs the House
Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, told the
newspaper that Trump’s address would undermine the spirit of the
celebration.

“It’s not about any one president. It’s about how our nation came to be,
because of a hardy band of brave men and women,” she said.

“It’s not about any one person, it’s about ‘We, the people.’ And if the
president moves to make this about him, I think he will find the America
public disappointed and angered by it.”



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Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.

Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.

The Obama-led Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)
approved Uranium One in fall 2010. With a little luck, we'll see
compulsive liar Hillary Clinton in jail before she dies.

Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp.

Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion in the eight
years he was in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood queer
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