National park visitors cut down protected Joshua trees during partial government shutdown

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National park visitors cut down protected Joshua trees during the partial government shutdown

 

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Those aren't visitirs, they're criminals . I hope they get found!

Thank your president for not protecting our environment. Stop the shut down. Americans need jobs that pay.

The pictures are from 2009,..... again.

So ?

They are not immigrants destroying protected trees in the National Park.They are not people from other countries seeking asylum to save their lives and the lives of their children.These are American citizens taking advantage of the suffering caused by this shutdown. US criminals.

Wtf was the point of that?

Obviously Democrats

Pushed over, not cut, by the way it looks.

Another reason to fund the wall so we could open the government.

What did they cut it down with a sledge hammer or a truck? No cut marks or sawdust

AashikA71191584 That is clearly not cut. Fake news.

Time for Chuck and Nancy need to stop obstruction!

Wow, and they carefully cleaned up all the wood chips and debris that would have been left behind in an attempt to remove all evidence...plus they need to sharpen their saw because cuts are not smooth. Please do better cnn ..fake news

There is very clear, overwhelming evidence that Ed Buck is drugging and killing gay black men, while giving the Dems money. Yet, instead of reporting it, you're blaming some chopped down trees on Trump...because fakenews CNNistheEnemyofthePeople

MizJfromtheDot Off with their heads!

They tree was not cut down. No cut markings at all. It fell.

'Let's go destroy a park to prove Trump's a jerk.' Makes total sense to a liberal.

It doesn’t look cut.

Not sure what that has to do with a shutdown

Fake news

Who cares! What about USA citizens life’s that are more important than illegals

I might be wrong here I'm NOT I don't see cut marks on that Cactus I see old ROT CNN said it was CUT? where is the CUTS?

Look at the pic that tree has been down a long time check out the weeds around the top, looks like it rotted off. come on CNN

Just incase you rather listen to facts

😡😡😡

Ignorant a'holes.

WHY, JUST WHY?

Tell your Democrat friends. They’re the reason of shutdown.

An illegal immigrant probably did it.

Obviously no one has ever used a saw to cut down a tree before. Clearly this tree was not cut down by the looks of it. Yet another fake story by your trusty CNN. Maybe someone chewed it apart? You guys are a joke!

They don’t respect the environment and nature

I can’t believe people actually believe this BS. SHEEPLE

This is the 3rd time you’re posting this fake ass story TODAY. The tree wasn’t cut down by vandals. This tree is a victim of a wild animal (not the democratic type). No saw or blade or snapped over tree looks like that. Looks like the trees core is diseased to boot. NICE TRY

Please tell me there are some cameras.

Why aren’t federal employees all working during the shutdown? They will all get their back pay. It is stupid to create destruction and then Pay employee back pay for not working. Make them ALL work during the shut down. It is unnecessary drama

So someone entered a closed park illegally? Hmmmm funny how that works.

This isn't a joke... I would hope by now there's some militant tree huggers protecting the rest of the trees by now

This is why we can’t have nice things.

It fell the wrong way if it was cut down. Fake news again from CNN. No surprise there. Tree is diseased and rotten.

No, really stupid people....really?

Looks like the tree had a disease and just fell over.

Only democrats do this crap ... only democrats.

Completely uncalled for!

Why?

That joshua tree wasn't cut. It was diseased and broke.

Dems holding our nation hostage and refusing to secure our Border! Treason! SchumerPelosiShutdown SchumerShutdown

So liberals are cutting down protected trees to make political statements? Figures.

Close the parks. These things aren’t needed when we have a crisis on our border. Everyone needs to sacrifice and show Democrats we expect them to do their job and protect Americans. End SchumerShutdown & BuildAmericasWall NOW!

Thats California liberals.... they will destroy anything they have a chance to.

Good wood for the smoker

Either CNN paid them to do it, it was their crew who did it , they say there & let it happen or it's fake. It's CNN !!

Maybe a wall around the national park would stop people from entering during the shutdown 😏

That looks like a long dead tree

Why people have to be so vicious?

Need to sharpen their saw. Looks like they chewed it into

This is only the beginning of the damage we will find.

Fake. News.

The Donald should have to pay for this and anything else his Shutdown has cost our Nation and the people effected.

Heartbreaking. Some costs of the shutdown can never be recovered. Maybe Dems should consider that praying for Repubs to falter is not a plan for reopening government and is simply courting disaster. The shutdown crisis has cost more than 5B Pres wants. Penny wise, pound foolish.

Those aren't 'national park visitors.' They are common criminals and vandals. What is wrong with your editors?

Are we tired of winning yet?

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Nothing to do with the shutdown, They are animals to begin with the Gen X or just F***ed -up individuals no matter what given the chance and probably one of those graffiti types and thinks its funny to destroy public and private property. Don't every let me catch one in the act!

We the people are tired. Cpt. Bonespur. You already know you are digging your own grave. End the TrumpShutdown blame it on anything you wish. Just get our daily security up, running and paid. Resign Resist Impeach TruthMatters 25thAmendmentNow Resist

I got money say it was a Democrat

Help me understand. If park staff aren't working/getting paid then why are parks open?

These are environmental terrorists that should be found and punished!

I know people who are mean and stupid but wtf would inspire someone to do this?

So, we need security around every protected thing to insure idiots don’t do what they do best...

What is wrong with people

2017-2018 - 100,000 Violent Crimes - 30,000 sexual assaults - 4,000 killed - 300 dead/ wk fr heroin ODs ( 90% fr Mexican Border) But Dems/Media more concerned abt an illegally cut Joshua Tree in a closed National Park

1 million dollars says Don Jr did this.

probably friggin' illegals BuildTheWallNow

Doesn’t look like a cut to me.

Trump supporters, no doubt.

This isn’t the governments fault. These people are cocksuckers with or without a shutdown. Change my mind.

This is SAD

What for? Revenge? Surely there aren.t many like that?

MAGA

TheDemocrats

Why? 😕 there are some sick people on this earth

A positive of this shutdown is that it proves libertarians are idiots.

realDonaldTrump: are you seeing the damage caused by your decision?

God damn it....

This tree didn't do anything to deserve this.

Partial?

Why would people do this…it’s hard to have faith in humanity when things like this and government shutdowns happen :-(

Disgraceful :/

Sad

Wtf is wrong with those people?

the savages are running wild now

What’s protecting them!

yeah that shutdown is still going on so expect more to be destroyed

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