Justin McNeal announcing political campaign at Mt. Rushmore, a place that you’re not supposed to do that.

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From my inbox:

The (Republican or Independent or whatever) Justin McNeal for something campaign is pre-announcing that they’re going to be making a campaign announcement at Mt. Rushmore National Memorial.

Except there’s a bit of a problem with that, because the National Park Service does not permit partisan political campaigning to be conducted in parks.

We’ll see how this goes.

17 thoughts on “Justin McNeal announcing political campaign at Mt. Rushmore, a place that you’re not supposed to do that.”

  3. For this reason only, maybe the government will still be shut down and the memorial will be closed.

  4. Yeah….. you can’t do campaign stuff on federal property. I hope they ask him to leave. Someone should call over there and give them a heads up so they have plenty of security ready to escort him off the premises.

  5. I wonder if they got a permit to have an event at Carver’s Cafe. It would be interesting to know because the permit application explicitly prohibits this type of thing.

  6. I’ve been around politics a long time. Maybe not as long as Grudz has, but still a long time. I’ve never heard of someone charging $75 to attend an announcement dinner. Am I the only one scratching my head at that?

  7. What do you want to bet there will be an announcement in the next 10 days announcing a change of venue once McNeal figures out he can’t have a political rally at Mt. Rushmore?

  8. I heard about this. If I wanted to go (for entertainment purposes only) I’d still have to pay $10 to park, so is it really free?

  9. It doesn’t say it’s a campaign announcement, it’s some other kind of announcement. Cue a list of hilarious possibilities.

    Perhaps he is going to announce that jackalopes are real, or he is changing his name to Julia.

        1. I don’t know, maybe he’s announcing a campaign to bring Tik Tok to South Dakota. Wait…

    1. Did he offer Justin to pay for his campaign lit if he ran as an Indy? Hope not! The guy is a deadbeat.

  11. I don’t see a “Paid for by” disclaimer. Maybe he should he “Paid for by the South Dakota taxpayers”

  13. ” National Park Service does not permit partisan political campaigning to be conducted in parks.”

    Sorry Pat, but this is not accurate. In fact, NPS MUST allow ordinary citizens to campaign, protest, or hold a rally on NPS property. This is basic First Amendment stuff. Nor can the NPS restrict the use of its facilities that it rents based on the content of the speech, the speaker, or the cause.

    Now, NPS personnel cannot engage in partisan politicking on NPS property, but ordinary citizens can do so as citizens subject to reasonable, nonpartisan NPS regulations.

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