Political Quotes

“resuming my earlier remarks, the Native- American Tribes almost unanimously opposed the action that was announced yesterday by President Trump and Secretary Zinke to shrink the Bears Ears Monument. They have passed resolutions in support of that monument. Navajo Nation's president said that the President's efforts to shrink the monument ``demonstrates their failure to listen to the concerns of our people who have lobbied and fought for over 80 years for this designation.'' Even worse, the Navajo Nation made several requests to meet with President Trump on the issue, to no avail. Those requests fell on deaf ears, and the administration never met with the leadership of the Navajo Nation or any of the other Tribes who worked to protect this area. The administration took these actions under the guise of protecting this area for future generations. During President Trump's speech in Utah, he said: I don't think it is controversial, actually. I think it's so sensible. From the folks he was speaking to, it must have seemed that his comment was correct, but the group the President was speaking to was a closed-door group of selected supporters of his administration who do not reflect the feelings of local residents when it comes to the future of this monument. It reflected the same closed-door process this administration had used to shrink these monuments.…”