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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24891753

A bill to add a carving of President Donald Trumpto Mount Rushmore has been introduced by a MAGA politician.

Florida Representative Anna Paulina Luna announced the bill Tuesday calling for Trump to be added to the South Dakota monument with the message: "Let's get carving."

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[–] [email protected] 176 points 1 month ago (7 children)

I mean this won't happen, but I kinda threw up in my mouth a little bit.

The one thing keeping me sane is the realization that that old crusty piece of shit will be dead soon, and I'll never have to see their rapist face again.

[–] dhork 50 points 1 month ago (4 children)

What makes you think it won't happen? They have the votes for it.

[–] [email protected] 107 points 1 month ago (10 children)

The rockface isn't actually sufficently stable to survive adding a 5th face.

They try to add Trumpo, they're very likely to end up with NO faces.

So yeah, I doubt they'd actually go through with it.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In that case fuck yeah let's go

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

At that point might as well just do it Taliban style. A row of tanks shoot at it until the mountain is just a mountain again.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Thanks for the little bit of science that says this won't happen. It makes me feel better.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago

I'm just hopeful enough that 'If you do this, you stand a very very good chance of completely destroying a national monument.' is enough to get at least a few of the less-nutty Republicans to balk.

If nothing else, we love our monuments and symbols, and destroying one to put his face on it is proooobbbbaaaallllllly too far, still.

[–] Chainweasel 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Oh it doesn't mean it won't happen, they're just as likely to fuck up the whole thing by trying it anyway.
We can obviously listen to the science of it and know it won't work, but they don't believe in science.

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[–] FooBarrington 28 points 1 month ago
[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Like any of the GOP give a second though to logistics, cost, or ethics for their vanity projects? Like Trump isn't used to half assing construction jobs? Like he isn't above blowing Lincoln's face to bits to replace it with his own if he has to?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Reminds me of an old Isaac Asimov story.

There's a floating city called Atlantis. It's the headquarters of the tyranny. One insider figures out a way to sabotage the place and crash it, using the leader's own vanity against him.

"Shah Guido G."

https://archive.org/details/buyjupiterothers0000isaa_f2u3

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Better yet, they will, and the whole abomination will crumble.

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[–] [email protected] 107 points 1 month ago

Hooray, more bullshit bills purely for the purposes of signalling!

[–] andros_rex 96 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Mount Rushmore was intentionally done to insult Lakota/Dakota people anyway. The “Six Grandfathers” were sacred, and Mount Rushmore was intentional defacement and sacrilege.

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Haven’t the Lakota people suffered enough?

[–] Warl0k3 14 points 1 month ago

Well clearly no.

[–] mPony 51 points 1 month ago

" How can we keep distracting from implementing Project 2025?? "

[–] Sterile_Technique 42 points 1 month ago

...silly shit like this is a distraction - shit like the email that just went out to every federal employee encouraging them to resign is where the potential for damage is. Today.

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe 39 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I hate this fucking country.

[–] cabron_offsets 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I just hate republicans, really.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago (7 children)

It would be vandalized very quickly, which could be a nice outlet for a lot of people.

With time it would probably turn orange from all the piss too.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

As much as I like the thought, I've been to Mt. Rushmore and I don't think vandalizing it would be easily achieved. Maybe with a drone or paintball gun - the first time - after that I think they'd be prepared. There is national parks apparatus surrounding it IIRC.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You think they’re gonna not defund the National parks service? They’re basically the “don’t ruin nature” police, and the people in charge now don’t fucking care about nature.

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[–] BeMoreCareful 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Plus it's in South Dakota. Security by obscurity.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago

Surely this will bring down the price of eggs

[–] GalacticGrapefruit 32 points 1 month ago

Adding another genocidal colonizer on a colonizer monument beside other genocidal colonizers.

Yawn.

[–] Resand 32 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Sounds like a great idea.

A constant reminder for the US for centuries to come.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I think it is a fantastic idea because they will hire a shit contractor who is completely incapable and they will either do a laughably bad job or they will just take the money and run, whatever happens is gonna be hilarious...

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[–] Agent641 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Who is this "Republican Bill" fella?

[–] whotookkarl 14 points 1 month ago

Florida's best and brightest they sent to DC to represent themselves, Anna Paulina Luna, the same certified genius who tried to expunge the Trump impeachments for extorting a foreign leader to influence US elections by withholding Congress approved resources, and inciting a failed insurrection and disenfranchising American citizens from their votes in federal elections.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I will only support putting Donald Trump on Mount Rushmore if you then proceed to push him off.

[–] gnate 7 points 1 month ago

I initially read it as "Donald Trump to be put under Mount Rushmore"

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago

I’m actually okay with this because it’s bizarro and devalues the assholes already on the mountain. Good let’s reveal the farce for what it is!

[–] rayyy 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Might as well put Hitler there beside him.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Putin, nibbling his ear.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago

They're taking the piss at this point.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

He would only sign it if they carved away all the other faces to have only his on the whole mountain. He doesn't share.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is this not the onion? Am I hallucinating from smoking weed or some weird shit? What the fuck?

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[–] solrize 14 points 1 month ago

with the message: “Let’s get carving.”

Surely she meant "Carve, baby, carve"?

[–] Hobbes_Dent 14 points 1 month ago

By the popular, via the people, of the person.

- The Gettin’ mine address.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee 13 points 1 month ago

It is like a bunch of babbling drunks now

[–] mercano 12 points 1 month ago

I mean, we’ve got two slave owners up there, why not throw up a sexual predator too?

[–] BonesOfTheMoon 11 points 1 month ago

I'll be there with a chisel and spraypaint.

[–] Sam_Bass 11 points 1 month ago

Be a great place for some RPG practice

[–] DaddleDew 9 points 1 month ago

Definitely what a sane party and not a cult of personality would do.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I feel like Stone Mountain would be more appropriate

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