Park Service Ranger: 'We've Been Told to Make Life As Difficult For People As We Can'

This is not a surprise – we’ve been calling the administration’s needless barrycades “shutdown theater” all week for a reason. We haven’t forgotten how the Obama administration also used  ham-fisted scare tactics in the wake of the Sequester in an attempt to spur public outrage over the cuts in spending. 

This is how the Regime rolls. According to an anonymous Park Ranger, he and his fellow workers have been told to make life as difficult as possible for people.

Wesley Pruden of The Washington Times reported:

The Park Service appears to be closing streets on mere whim and caprice. The rangers even closed the parking lot at Mount Vernon, where the plantation home of George Washington is a favorite tourist destination. That was after they barred the new World War II Memorial on the Mall to veterans of World War II. But the government does not own Mount Vernon; it is privately owned by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association. The ladies bought it years ago to preserve it as a national memorial. The feds closed access to the parking lots this week, even though the lots are jointly owned with the Mount Vernon ladies. The rangers are from the government, and they’re only here to help.

“It’s a cheap way to deal with the situation,” an angry Park Service ranger in Washington says of the harassment. “We’ve been told to make life as difficult for people as we can. It’s disgusting.”

The Obama Regime expects the MSM to carry their water by blaming Republicans for all the pain caused by the government shutdown. But when stories like this one get out there, their “blame the GOP” narrative becomes somewhat less convincing.

Hat tip: Weasel Zippers