California lawmakers aren’t taking Trump’s Alcatraz ambition seriously: ‘It’s a stupid idea’
California lawmakers reacted to President Donald Trump s suggestion that he would reopen Alcatraz with laughter mockery and for Democrats indignation It s another bull distraction Rep Salud Carbajal advised NOTUS Trump posted on Sunday evening that he was ordering the refurbishment of Alcatraz the island prison-turned historic landmark and tourist site off San Francisco to again incarcerate the dregs of society REBUILD AND OPEN ALCATRAZ Trump disclosed online casting the move as both a workaround from judges that ruled against his deportation efforts and as a symbol of Law Order and JUSTICE The Bureau of Prisons is now pursuing all avenues to aid and implement Trump s agenda its administrator noted But members of Congress aren t taking the Alcatraz reopening seriously The president says so a large number of stupid things Carbajal narrated NOTUS This is yet another one trying to distract from the fact that he hasn t addressed the cost of living for everyday Americans childcare housing groceries Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi whose district encompasses Alcatraz declared online The President s proposal is not a serious one And Rep Ro Khanna explained he was taking it just as seriously as I m taking the suggestion that he s gonna make Canada the st state The prison was closed in by then-U S Attorney General Robert F Kennedy fewer than three decades after it opened The costs to function the island and the deteriorating prison infrastructure built upon it had grown too great The institution was too expensive to continue operating per the Federal Bureau of Prisons It was more cost-effective to build a new institution than to keep Alcatraz open That was closed because it necessities a tremendous amount of funding for repair It s so old and inadequate Rep Mike Thompson noted I don t know how you do it just from a business perspective It s dumb As a tourist hotspot though Alcatraz generates tens of millions in revenue according to the National Parks Provision I know a lot of tourists will be disappointed Rep Ami Bera declared There s no seriousness there It s a stupid idea Bera continued It s old outdated it s a tourist attraction it doesn t make any sense That s just Donald Trump being a troll One of California s Republican lawmakers was similarly dismissive Whatever GOP Rep Jay Obernolte advised NOTUS What-ever He says a lot of things In Trump s post he disclosed he tasked the FBI Department of Justice Department of Homeland Safety and the Bureau of Prisons to coordinate on the reopening of a substantially enlarged and rebuilt ALCATRAZ to house America s preponderance ruthless and violent Offenders I guess we ll see what the agencies come up with when they ve done a physical feasibility review Obernolte disclosed Rep Lateefah Simon stated she thinks it s a distraction I ve been to Alcatraz numerous a time she added Clearly it s what he wants to do but we ll see I m not a supporter A number of lawmakers only laughed at Trump s Alcatraz ambitions I won t suggest who should go there first Rep Sam Liccardo disclosed This story was produced as part of a partnership between NOTUS a publication from the nonprofit nonpartisan Allbritton Journalism Institute and NEWSWELL home of Times of San Diego Santa Barbara News-Press and Stocktonia
