Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said the Trump administration turned the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool “into a swamp,” comments that come in the wake of algae growth in the structure’s water. “I mean, when you defund science research, when you de — when you don’t really understand the first thing about science,” Ocasio-Cortez said in response…
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Ocasio-Cortez: Trump administration turned Reflecting Pool ‘into a swamp’
The Hill
June 24, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said the Trump administration turned the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool “into a swamp,” comments that come in the wake of algae growth in the structure’s water. “I mean, when you defund science research, when you de — when you don’t really understand the first thing about science,” Ocasio-Cortez said in response…