Congressman Raul Ruiz took time Monday to head to Joshua Tree National Park – where he volunteered to clean up trash since that’s the only way to keep the park clean during what seems like it will be a never-ending Trump Shutdown.
@CongressmanRuiz was at Joshua Tree Natl. Park this morning picking up trash. He said he wanted to see how the government shutdown is hurting our national parks for himself. pic.twitter.com/11kOgtUBvY
— Lauren Day (@LaurenDayNews) January 21, 2019
“This administration and this government is not for the people, and we need to open the government,” Congressman Ruiz told KMIR’s Lauren Day. Ruiz called the shutdown a “hostage situation” where individuals are being “used as pawns.”
“This administration and this government is not for the people, and we need to open the government.” –@CongressmanRuiz
Congressman Raul Ruiz speaks about the government shutdown at Joshua Tree National Park. pic.twitter.com/sffFc04l5F
— Lauren Day (@LaurenDayNews) January 21, 2019
Last week, the Mojave Desert Land Trust called for a closure of the park “to prevent irreparable damage to the iconic Joshua trees the Park was named for as well as other Park resources.”
