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A GOP senator couldn’t help but laugh when asked about Trump’s algae-filled Reflecting Pool, according to a veteran D.C. reporter. <\/p>\n

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Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) was amused by reporter Joe Perticone’s question about how the green, murky Reflecting Pool with floating strips of paint is looking, according to a new Substack piece by The Bulwark.<\/p>\n

“It doesn’t look very beautiful,” Daines told Perticone, who noted the senator’s laugh. “We gotta find out what went wrong with it; [it] needs to be corrected. It’s a great part of the experience coming down to the Mall.”<\/p>\n

Perticone added that Daines, in the past, has demanded fiscal responsibility from the federal government, including DOGE cuts and rescission packages. <\/p>\n

However, one of the more surprising answers, according to Perticone’s piece, came from Sen. James Lankford (R-OK). Perticone wrote that the “surprising” response came after asking Lankford about the restoration project’s cost.<\/p>\n

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“I have no way to be able to answer that,” Lankford told Perticone. “But we do need to fix it, but I have no way to answer that. I’ve not been tracking that.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, MAGA Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) echoed Trump’s claim that the Reflecting Pool’s state was caused by vandals.<\/p>\n

“They need to be arrested and jailed and throw the key away,” Tuberville, referring to the alleged vandals, told Perticone. “This is our nation’s capital…Everything should look pristine.”<\/p>\n

Perticone told Tuberville that there have not yet been arrests or evidence that the pool’s deterioration resulted from vandalism, and Tuberville replied, “They’ve arrested people.”<\/p>\n

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A GOP senator couldn’t help but laugh when asked about Trump’s algae-filled Reflecting Pool, according to a veteran D.C. reporter. Sen. 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