‘It’s a Stupid Idea’: California Lawmakers Aren’t Taking Trump’s Alcatraz Ambition Seriously

“I won’t suggest who should go there first,” Rep. Sam Liccardo said.

Alcatraz Island
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California lawmakers reacted to President Donald Trump’s suggestion that he would reopen Alcatraz with laughter, mockery and, for Democrats, indignation.

“It’s another bullshit distraction,” Rep. Salud Carbajal told NOTUS.

Trump posted on Sunday evening that he was ordering the refurbishment of Alcatraz, the island prison-turned historic landmark and tourist site off of San Francisco, to again incarcerate “the dregs of society.”