Remember when there was a government shutdown in 2013 during Obama’s second term, and his administration did all they could to “weaponize” the situation, much to the defiance of many veterans:
'Awesome!' Veterans remove Barrycades from memorials, transport to White House [pics] http://t.co/qtjtiSKo9B
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 13, 2013
Lincoln Memorial 'Barry-cade' breached again; Park Police order area cleared [pics] http://t.co/d0mZyag8Xs
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 14, 2013
Unreal: Barrycades block Flight 93 National Memorial http://t.co/r3mWzQUDui
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 15, 2013
Barrycades back up at WWII Memorial: Not for long? Wounded warrior to 'head there shortly' http://t.co/gNJALyQMdP
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 14, 2013
Valor: Another wounded warrior carried Barrycades; Searcy: 'Best damn tweet ever!' [pics] http://t.co/gSLuAobsLM
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 14, 2013
That isn’t happening this time, proving that the Obama administration closing off memorials was out of spite instead of necessity:
What happens when the Administration is not trying to hurt the American people: https://t.co/AMrVbC23DK
— Pablo (@Pablo_1791) January 20, 2018
Great to meet visitors at the WWII memorial today. Not all parks are fully open but we are all working hard to make as many areas as accessible to the public as possible. pic.twitter.com/tqVjiPho1z
— Secretary Ryan Zinke (@SecretaryZinke) January 20, 2018
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Ensuring our @NatlParkService parks are as accessible as possible. Wonderful to meet students from Illinois. pic.twitter.com/paKj45hWn1
— Secretary Ryan Zinke (@SecretaryZinke) January 20, 2018
During the Obama administration the memorials were “weaponized” for the purposes of political optics:
https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/954475639297409025
https://twitter.com/alwaysonoffense/status/954728079645184001
https://twitter.com/cyburban1/status/954775986570178561
But last time we had a shutdown the gov't put up barricades to keep people out…hmm wonder what is different this time…. https://t.co/UlAy9Kv1BA
— bettegrande (@bettegrande) January 20, 2018
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