A WYOMING MAYOR HAS OPTED TO REMOVE PHOTOS OF TRUMP AND
PANTS IN THEIR TOWN HALL AND REPLACE IT WITH A PICTURE
OF A NATIVE AMERICAN CHIEF.
MAYOR PETE MULDOON OF JACKSON, WYOMING DIRECTED TOWN STAFF
MEMBERS TO MAKE THE SWAP ON JUNE FOURTH SAYING THERE IS NO
REQUIREMENT TO HAVE A PICTURE OF THE PRESIDENT DISPLAYED IN
THE BUILDING.
HE SAYS WHEN THE TOWN OF JACKSON DECIDES TO HONOR SUCH A
DIVISIVE PERSON, IT IS TAKING SIDES AGAINST SOME OF ITS
RESIDENTS THAT WILL REQUIRE WE AREN'T REQUIRED TO DISPLAY
SIGNS OF RESPECT, I RESPECT HIS ARE NOT DEMANDED THAT
DICTATORS LIKE JOSEPH STALIN REQUIRED THEIR PORTRAITS TO
BE DISPLAYED EVERYWHERE.
LUCKILY WE DO NOT LIVE IN A DICTATORSHIP EVEN THOUGH MY
FILL THAT WAY SOMETIMES.
SOME PEOPLE DID NOT AGREE WITH THE MOVE.
IN FACT, TETON COUNTY COMMISSIONER PAUL VOGELHELM
WHO ALSO CHAIRS THE COUNTY'S REPUBLICAN PARTY
CALLED THE MOVE TOTALLY DISRESPECTFUL.
TO WHICH THE MAYOR RESPONDED, WE AREN'T REQUIRED
TO DISPLAY SIGNS OF RESPECT, RESPECT IS EARNED, NOT DEMANDED.
OH, SNAP.
JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME BACK ON CONTEXT, DONALD TRUMP DID WIN
WYOMING BY ASTOUNDING NUMBERS BUT JACKSON WYOMING WAS ACTUALLY
THE ONLY COUNTY THAT HILLARY WON WITH OUTSTANDING NUMBERS
GETTING A WHOPPING 58% OF THE VOTE COMPARED TO 31% FOR DONALD
TRUMP.
THE PICTURE THAT THEY ARE REPLACING IS A PICTURE OF NATIVE
AMERICAN CHIEF WASHAKIE WHO REMAINS A WELL-KNOWN FIGURE AMONG
MANY JACKSON RESIDENTS AND BROKERED PEACE TREATIES AND
SETTLEMENT IS BETWEEN HIS TRIBE AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.
I THINK PEACE AND BROKERING DEALS THAT WORK FOR EVERYONE.
I THINK THIS AFTERNOON IMPORTANT QUESTION WHICH IS
SHOULD ALL PUBLIC BUILDINGS UNDER THE PRESIDENT BLINDLY?
I THINK THE ANSWER TO THAT WAS ANSWERED BY THE MAYOR WHICH
IS NO.
WE LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY.
WE DON'T HAVE A REQUIREMENT THAT WE ALL PLEDGED FEALTY TO
WHOEVER THE PRESIDENT OR LEADER IS.
WE DON'T ALSO IN A
WEIRD CABINET MEETING WHERE WE ARE COMPLEMENTING DONALD TRUMP.
GIVING HIM OUR LOVE AND DEVOTION.
THAT IS RIDICULOUS.
THERE IS NO RULE THAT SAYS IT HAS TO BE THERE AND THERE
IS NO LONG-STANDING TRADITION THAT IT HAS TO BE THERE.
THE MAY ALSO SAID I WOULD TAKE IT DOWN IF IT WAS OBAMA AND
IT SOUNDS TOTALLY FAIR TO ME.
IF THERE IS AN ORDINANCE MADE BY THE CITY COUNCIL, SURE.
BUT THERE IS NO OFFICIAL RULE IN PLACES AS HE HAS TO DO THIS.
I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.
WHEN YOU LEAVE LAX THERE USED TO BE A PICTURE OF OBAMA UP AND I
WAS AN OBAMA SUPPORTER, IT WAS IN CUSTOMS OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT.
I WAS AN OBAMA SUPPORTER BUT AT THE SAME TIME, EVERY TIME I
PASSED IT I WAS LIKE THIS IS REALLY BIZARREÖ IT WAS REALLY
WEIRD.
GOOD FOR THE
MY HOMETOWN HAS GOT THE MAYOR'S NAME IS ON THE SIGN AS
YOU DRIVE INTO IT OR SOMETHING WHICH IS SORT OF WEIRD I GUESS
THAT I DON'T KNOW, I DIDN'T SEE THAT YOU HEAR THE MAYOR ON
LAX SPEAKERS OBVIOUSLY AS YOU ARE WALKING AROUND.
IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE NOT HAVE ANY OF THEM I THINK THAT IS
PERFECTLY FINE AND IS SORT OF WEIRD THAT WHEN I WAS IN ROTC OF
EASILY HAVE A PRESIDENT AND THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE MILITARY
DOES HAVE A LONG-STANDING TRADITION OF HAVING THE
PRESIDENT THERE.
IT IS WEIRD.
I THINK HE IS BEING CONSISTENT AT LEAST I HE WAS A DOWN
OBAMA THAT I THINK IF YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE ONE DOWN,
JUST TAKE DOWN ALL THE PICTURES ARE SWAP IT.
PUT UP A PICTURE OF WHAT SHOCKEY AND DOZENS OF OTHER PEOPLE
THROUGHOUT HISTORY WHO HAVEN'T GOT THE RECOGNITION AND DO
THAT THEY DESERVE.
I WOULDN'T HAVE IT ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS THOUGH.
I GET WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, BUT I DO THINK THIS WAS SORT OF
A SPECIAL CASE WHERE HE WAS TRYING TO USE THE SYMBOLISM OF
THIS CHIEF WHO STOOD FOR PEACE AND ALSO SORT OF AN F YOU TO
TRUMP SINCE TRUMP HAS IMPLEMENTED THESE POLICIES
SPECIFICALLY THE PIPELINE THAT IT REALLY DETRIMENTALLY
AFFECTED THE STANDING ROCK TRIBES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I DO THINK, I THINK THERE IS SOME SYMBOLISM HERE, MAYBE NOT
THE MOST PC MOVE BUT I WOULD RATHER HAVE SOMEBODY WHO STOOD
FOR PEACE AND PROTECTIONS, ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS GUY HELPED
BROKER RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TRIBES IN THE US GOVERNMENT AND
TRUMP IS LIKE NO,
THE NATIONAL MONUMENT IS ONE OF THE FIRST NATIONAL MONUMENTS
ESTABLISHED UNDER TEDDY ROOSEVELT'S RULING THAT WE DO
THIS AND HELP PRESERVE AND CONSERVE OUR NATIONAL PARKS, A
NATURAL SPLENDOR AND RIGHT NOW, TRUMP, SOME PLACES ARE NOT
UNDER CONSIDERATION ANYMORE BUT HE SEND OF THE SECRETARY TO GO A
VALUE INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS TO SEE IF THEY SHOULD BE IN ANY WAY
REDUCED FOR WHATEVER REASON DIET IS JUST A COINCIDENCE THAT SOME
OF THEM LAY ABOVE FOSSIL FUELS OR IMPORTANT WATER RESOURCES.
I THINK THAT EVEN FLIES IN THE FACE OF WHAT THIS COMMUNITY
RELIES ON AND LOVES AND STANDS FOR WHICH IS THAT NATIONAL
PARK GREAT THERE.
IF IT GETS DOWN TO ONE INDIVIDUAL CHOOSES AND
THEY'RE GOING TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH ARE
GOING TO BE SCREW OBAMA, HIT HIM, HE'S DEVASTATING
AMERICA AND THEY'RE GOING TO PUT UP A PICTURE OF ANDREW JACKSON.
I THINK WE LIVE IT UP THE ONE INDIVIDUAL IT BECOMES EASILY
PARTISAN EVEN IF I 100% AGREE WITH REPLACING THIS PARTICULAR
PICTURE WITH THE OTHER ONE, I THINK LET'S TAKE A STEP AWAY AS
WE ARE TAKING ALL THE STEPS TOWARDS AUTHORITARIANISM AND
LET'S REMOVE ALL IMAGES.
LET'S COVER TRUMPS FACE SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THEM ANYMORE
DIETS TO CLOSE TO NORTH KOREA, IT MAKES MAN COMFORTABLE.
YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT YOUR ROTC.
THIS IS A TOWNHALL.
DO ALL PUBLIC BUILDINGS NEED TO ABIDE BY THIS?
IT SEEMS RIDICULOUS.
I SAID THEY SHOULD TAKE THEM ALL DOWN.
NO, JOHN.
TAKE DOWN
THE PICTURES.OKAY.
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