Rep. Randy Neugebauer, a Republican from Texas who supports the government shutdown, angrily confronted a Park Service Ranger at the WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C., who was tasked with preventing members of the public who are not veterans from entering.
After accosting the Park Service Ranger, Neugebauer is himself confronted by Jim O’Keefe, a veteran Peace Corp administrator, who is on furlough due to the shutdown.
RANGER: I’m sorry. I work for the Park Service as someone who works at this site. I’m sorry you feel this way.
You can watch the clip below, courtesy of MSNBC, followed by a transcript.
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REP. NEUGEBAUER: How do you look at these people who have traveled with their family and how do you look at them and say, how you are gonna deny them access? I don’t get that.
RANGER: It’s difficult.
REP. NEUGEBAUER: Well it should be difficult.
RANGER: It is difficult. I’m sorry Sir.
REP. NEUGEBAUER: The Park Service should be ashamed of themselves.
RANGER: I’m not ashamed.
REP. NEUGEBAUER: Well, you should be.
JIM O’KEEFE: This woman is doing her job, just like me. I’m a 30-year Federal veteran. I’m out of work.
REP. NEUGEBAUER: The reason you are is Mr. Reid.
JIM O’KEEFE: No, its because the government won’t do its job and pass a budget.
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