Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse pressed Kevin Killy, the nominee for a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service post, on whether a 350-foot gash in the Reflecting Pool exists. Killy repeatedly answered "I stand by my statement." Whitehouse said the president made up the gash, that police are being put in the position of making arrests, and that touching the Reflecting Pool or picking up floating peeling paint is not vandalism as a matter of law.
The receipt
- Who
- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
- Where
- hearing - Senate Environment Committee, nomination of Kevin Lilly for USFWS Assi
- Original footage
- Forbes Breaking News · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 35 seconds, unedited within the cut
Read the transcript
Senator, I stand by my statement. I stand by my statement, sir. Your statement doesn't answer the question. I stand by my statement, sir. Okay. I don't want to answer the question. I can see why you don't want to answer the question. You're in a terrible position because the president has made up a 350 -foot gash. And unfortunately now, police officers are being put in the position of having to make arrests that I suspect are going to fare very badly in court because there's nothing about touching the reflecting pool or picking up a piece of floating peeling paint that amounts to vandalism as a matter of law.
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.