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Ocasio-Cortez: Trump administration turned Reflecting Pool 'into a swamp'
Key takeaways
- Yeah, they talked a bunch of smack, they said that they had to repaint the pool, and now they ve turned the place into a swamp.
- The Trump administration recently completed renovations to the Reflecting Pool, including repainting its base a shade of blue to match the American flag.
- The pool s water also turned green after the renovations due to an algae bloom.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said the Trump administration turned the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool into a swamp, comments that come in the wake of algae growth in the structure s water.
I mean, when you defund science research, when you de — when you don t really understand the first thing about science, Ocasio-Cortez said in response to a question about the Reflecting Pool asked by journalist Pablo Manr quez.
Yeah, they talked a bunch of smack, they said that they had to repaint the pool, and now they ve turned the place into a swamp. They turned it to an actual swamp, she added in a clip posted to the social platform X on Tuesday.
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