At a confirmation hearing for a US Fish and Wildlife Service nominee, Whitehouse says Park Police are making arrests around the Reflecting Pool. He quotes the president's claim that vandals cut a gash with "some form of knife or blade," and says the damage doesn't seem visible to anyone else. Asked for proof, Whitehouse says, the president pointed to the parks department and the secretary: "I saw it. We have pictures."
The receipt
- Who
- Whitehouse
- Where
- hearing - confirmation hearing for a US Fish and Wildlife Service nominee
- Original footage
- Alan Mercer · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 61 seconds, unedited within the cut
Read the transcript
At the moment the park police are making arrests around the reflecting pool. The president has claimed that Vandals, quoting him here, took some form of knife or blade and put a 250 foot long gash into the beautiful facade of what took so much work, competence, and money to to build and complete. He increased the estimate to 300 feet later, then to 350 feet, insisting that it was quoting him again, "'Cut and powerfully lifted off the surface, "'leaving very jagged uneven edges.'" He was asked what proof there was of any of that since it doesn't seem to be visible to any other person. And he said, well, you'll have to go see the parks department. They'll show it to you or see the secretary, but I saw it. We have pictures. He also said you'll see it in court. So you
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.