RNC Offers To Fund The Part Of Government Shutdown Grabbing The Most Media Attention
Posted in: Today's ChiliWASHINGTON — The Republican National Committee engaged in a political stunt Wednesday, with Chairman Reince Priebus offering to give the government around $150,000 to keep the World War II Memorial open for 30 days during the ongoing government shutdown.
Priebus held a press conference on Wednesday in front of the barricaded World War II Memorial, which has been closed to the public for the past two days but has still been visited by veterans and members of Congress, who helped remove the gates.
Despite the fact that the National Park Service announced an accommodation for veterans on Wednesday by deciding they could continue to visit because they were engaged in First Amendment activity, Priebus accused the Obama administration of unnecessarily barricading the memorial to demonstrate the impact of the government shutdown.
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