The legislation to add the president to Mount Rushmore will almost certainly fail — but that doesn't mean it's irrelevant.
GOP Proposal to Add trump to Mount Rushmore is Part of a Ridiculous Pattern
"It shows how this is becoming a Kim Jong-Un-style cult of personality, where the sycophants try to outdo one another in their groveling to get the attention of Dear Leaderâ€
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GOP Proposal to Add trump to Mount Rushmore is Part of a Ridiculous Pattern
"It shows how this is becoming a Kim Jong-Un-style cult of personality, where the sycophants try to outdo one another in their groveling to get the attention of Dear Leader”
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/gop-proposal-add-trump-mount-rushmore-part-ridiculous-pattern-rcna190809
In 2019, with Noem serving in the governor’s office, an aide working in the Trump White House reportedly reached out to her, asking about the process of adding additional presidents to the monument. In 2020, Trump wrote via social media that adding his likeness to Mount Rushmore sounded like “a good idea” to him.
Now that the Republican has returned to the White House, the topic has apparently made a comeback. Last week, some Fox News personalities talked about “a growing number of conservatives” who want to see Trump on Mount Rushmore. Around the same time, as HuffPost noted, one of the president’s congressional allies unveiled a legislative proposal in pursuit of the idea.
A Republican lawmaker has introduced a bill that would add President Donald Trump’s face to Mount Rushmore. “Let’s get carving!” Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna posted on X Tuesday after introducing legislation she said would recognize what she called Trump’s “remarkable accomplishments” and “the success he will continue to deliver.”
It’s important to emphasize a couple of highly relevant details. For one thing, as the public information office at Mount Rushmore has repeatedly made clear, there is no room for additional faces on the monument.....
The Times continued:
The rush of flattering legislation, some of which even the lawmakers concede is unlikely to pass, stands apart from merely carrying out Mr. Trump’s agenda. ... “It shows the power that Donald Trump has within the Republican Party these days, and that Republican members want to stay on his good side,” said Sean M. Theriault, government professor at the University of Texas at Austin. “A lot of these people are in really safe districts, but they’re also thinking about what their next step is. And so if they have designs on being in the Senate or running for governor or even a position in the administration, then there’s no better way to get on his good side than to do these over-the-top moves toward him.”
Unfortunately, the number of over-the-top moves is considerable. Among the most absurd — aside from the Mount Rushmore bill — was a proposal from Republican Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee, who unveiled a measure to allow Trump to seek a third term. The fact that the proposal would not allow former President Barack Obama to do the same thing made the absurdity that much more obvious.
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