South Dakota Governor: Biden Admin Won’t Issue Mount Rushmore Fireworks Permits, Hasn’t Provided Explanation
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said the Biden administration hasn’t provided an explanation for canceling the massive fireworks display at Mount Rushmore. President Donald Trump, she said, brought back the Mount Rushmore fireworks display after it was rescinded under the Obama administration, which cited environmental concerns at the time. “We had the fireworks at Mount […]
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said the Biden administration hasn't provided an explanation for canceling the massive fireworks display at Mount Rushmore. President Donald Trump, she said, brought back the Mount Rushmore fireworks display after it was rescinded under the Obama administration, which cited environmental concerns at the time. "We had the fireworks at Mount Rushmore for years,” Noem, a Republican, told Fox News last week. “It wasn’t until President Obama came into office that they took it away." Noem, who filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration, suggested that "political reasons" were behind the move to not permit the display. President Joe Biden, she said, "just decided not to let us have it" and then "refuse[d] to issue us the permit to be on that federal property right there." But, according to the governor, that runs counter to the federal Administrative Procedures Act, which forces the government to provide a ...
