Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
Democratic Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego appeared on CNN this morning and said the next Democratic President should destroy all remnants of Trump, including the beautification of Washington, DC, once he leaves the White House.
Trump has undertaken various projects to beautify DC, including cleaning the vandalism and restoring statues and monuments across the city, fixing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, and building a White House Ballroom and a “Triumphal Arch.”
The Department of the Interior is preparing to break ground on the Arch on Columbia Island, where it will overlook the Arlington National Cemetery and the Lincoln Memorial across the Potomac River. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced earlier this month that the excavation work was set to begin “over the next two-week period.”
We are pleased to announce that after a very long wait (over 125 years!), we are preparing to start, over the next two-week period, the excavation work necessary for the Great Triumphal Arch and Military Observation Deck, at Memorial Circle on Columbia Island between the Lincoln… pic.twitter.com/8aff90jKNd
— Secretary Doug Burgum (@SecretaryBurgum) September 3, 2026
But Gallego says he would advocate for the reversal of these actions, including tearing down the Arch and Trump’s ballroom, under a Democratic president. Apparently, he would also have vandals and hobos return to the monuments as well.
“I think I’d be advocating for almost all of that,” Gallego told CNN’s Jake Tapper.
“You know, the real stain that this president has put on this country has been the fact that he eroded democracy,” he continued, pointing to January 6, accusing Trump of attempting a coup. “That right there is a reason why we should not have anything’s name towards him.”
Gallego then said Trump “destroyed the institutions that have kept this government together through some of the hardest times,” including the DOJ, arguing that “we need to be taking down all these, you know, honorific situations or emblems of him.”
Of the Triumphal Arch, he said it’s an “ugly monstrosity” that would desecrate the Arlington National Cemetery and that it’s an example of Trump “destroy[ing] the very fundamental things that these men and women have fought for, which is to save this country and continue this democracy.”
WATCH:
Transcript:
Tapper: President Trump is putting his mark on Washington D.C. quite a bit, building a White House ballroom. He plans to build an arch, attempts to rename the Kennedy Center, the Reflecting Pool, and on, and on, and on. It seems clear to me that this is going to be a big issue for Democrats running for president in 2028.
I know you haven’t made a decision yet about whether or not you’re going to run for president. But if you do, would you advocate for tearing down the ballroom or tearing down the arch?
Gallego: I think I’d be advocating for almost all of that. You know, the real stain that this president has put on this country has been the fact that he eroded democracy. Let’s start with January Six, the fact that for the first time ever a U.S. president attempted a actual coup. That right there is a reason why we should not have anything’s name towards him.
The fact that he has destroyed the institutions that have kept this government together through some of the hardest times and eroded, for example, our Department of Justice is another reason why we need to be taking down all these, you know, honorific situations or emblems of him. The fact that he wants to destroy the Kennedy Center, a man that contributed so much to this country, for, to replace it with his name, who’s done everything to destroy this country, is another reason why we have to make sure that we wipe him out.
So, this is not me trying to get to Donald Trump because I don’t like Donald Trump; it’s because what Donald Trump has done to this country. And as somebody who visits a lot of my friends at you know Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, the fact that we’re going to have this ugly monstrosity in the, you know, in the view of this very sacred site… Yeah, the arch is another reason why that needs to be taken care of because again, this man has done nothing but actually destroy the very fundamental things that these men and women have fought for, which is to save this country and continue this democracy.
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