An ex-GOP lawmaker has heard enough about phantom left-wing saboteurs at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, and he is pointing at the only suspects who fit the evidence: the people Trump hired to clean it.

In a series of posts and a new video, former Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger dismantled the administration’s vandalism narrative by accepting one piece of it. Yes, he conceded, chemicals were used on the pool. The catch is who used them and why. “Just for those who are saying there was chemical sabotage to peel the paint in the reflective pool, you’re right,” Kinzinger wrote. “It’s just, you guys did it to kill the algae.”

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            Why would you tell me that you said it second? You’re obviously admitting that I’m the only one smart enough to have said it first. That’s why it’s so amazing. This initiated disaster is amazing. I never even said the thing that you said first, because I don’t even know you. You ask such nasty questions.

            Obama said it first. 😤

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              Well, you do make some excellent points here. And I really hate Obama! Ok, I’m convinced! Thank you 🙏

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      Right? If evidence did matter, Trump would be in jail and we would have the last Epstein datasets all released.

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        Ironically, it may still be because evidence matters that they refuse to release the Epstein files.

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    No shit. Now where are the Epstein files? What you gonna do about ICE? Doge? What about the fuckup with Iran? Are you still sucking Pissrael’s dick? What about the infant you allegedly murdered? SPCX? Cost of living?

    Mainstream media gonna keep status quo via distraction

    Edit: forgot about venezuela and cuba

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      Holy shit I forgot about ICE and Doge. These fuckers murdered two peaceful people in the street in January of this year, and the zone is so flooded that it feels like a lifetime ago.

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        Two peaceful middle class white people. There’s a lot more that didn’t make the newsworthy cut.

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        The child rapist does so much shit it’s hard to keep track of it anymore. I think I might even have missed some

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    Why does Obama keep shitting trump’s pants? It’s been like 10 years. Isn’t he bored of it yet?

    SAD!

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      I don’t think I’d ever get tired of shitting on Krasnov’s grave. I would like to submit this proposal to the irb for a research grant to find out.

      Edit: like I got charts and graphs and shit and everything. I was a trained economist and bullshit artist once, give me five minutes for realsies

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    It’s patently obvious to anyone with a functioning brain that this was neglect and/or incompetence. There is no way to “cause” an algae bloom in an adequately maintained pool or fountain in the amount of time between when it was “taken care of” by Trump’s wealthy friend and contributor and when it turned green with algae. Then again most of MAGA could be considered mentally handicapped IMO. So most of his mouth breathing followers will nod along and think “Yeah, must be them libtards dun sabotaged it”.

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    Adding chemicals to the pool didn’t cause the sealer to lift.

    Even if some liberal ANTIFA Ninja trans person did slash a 250 foot gash in the sealer, that wouldn’t cause it to lift - at least not in a day or two. It would just scrape a line into it. If the sealer is properly adhered to the surface, it will still bond next to the cut. That said, the slash MAY allow water to work it’s way under the sealer over time, and may cause it to start lifting, but not in such a short amount of time. It would be months or years later and it would curl next to the cut first. It wouldn’t be huge sections like we’ve seen.

    I’ve sealed several water feature ponds made of cement over the years. I’ve also done epoxy floors on cement (similar process). The hard part is doing proper prep work to get it to adhere. Prep is usually 3/4 or more of the entire job. Putting the sealer or epoxy down is the easy and fun part.

    This is either using the wrong sealer for the job, not prepping it properly, not applying it correctly, or not giving it ample time to cure before refilling.

    My guess is they didn’t prep it properly and didn’t let it fully cure.

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    It comes as no surprise that nobody in this administration understands how water works.

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      “Sent by God”, as if God didn’t mostly send floods, plagues, diseases, and other hardships. You can tell people who say this shit aren’t the least educated in Christianity.

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    I repaired pools one summer. Pools tend toward algae. Pools half-saturated with chlorine develop algal blooms. Pools with heat-absorbing paint on the bottom, absent or insufficient water filtering, and location in a literal semitropical swamp are a constant (very careful, with lots of water testing) battle to prevent algal blooms. Then you go dumping peroxide in… It seems unlikely this could have gone any other way.

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    usa props up genocide from israel and kills thousands in foreign countries both directly and indirectly. yet what is most important to usa people is who dumped peroxide in a national monument.

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    You guys are basically a Rome and your capital is burning while the crazy orange lunatic Donald Nero Trump dances around and blames others for fire he started…