PATRICK MCHENRY: But the facts remain. So he’s raised money. He’s fixed fountains. He’s restored statues. Parks are now accessible here in Washington, D.C. That’ll live far beyond this presidency. That should be a public good, and I think is a public good.
JON KARL: And it is, I mean, it’s a priority for him to fix this stuff and needs fixing up.
MCHENRY: The 250th anniversary is fantastic. And that should be beyond politics. But everything is so political now. Fixing all the stuff in the National Mall, what I can say, and I agree, Jon, Washington is a beautiful city. But when Americans come here to visit, they are shocked at how grubby D.C. was.
And the president restoring it is something, it’s an obsession the American people should be pretty happy with, that he’s going to leave this place better and safer than he found it. Unexpected, I would say.
