Wyoming Mayor Pete Muldoon removes Trumps portrait at Town Hall
The newly elected mayor of Jackson, Wyoming, has removed the portraits of President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence from the Town Hall building’s entrance, breaking a decades-long tradition.
Mayor Pete Muldoon replaced the photographs of Mr. Trump and Mr. Pence with one of former Shoshone Chief Washakie, who “played a pivotal role in the region’s settlement,” according to the Jackson Hole News & Guide.
“Our town government takes a lot of pride in the details, in getting it right, in working together, in respecting all members of the community, in service to the public and in competence,” Mr. Muldoon told the newspaper. “Our current president shows no interest in any of these things, and I think it sends the wrong message when we honor him.”
The mayor explained his decision in a press release Sunday after his removal of the portraits drew backlash.
“There has been an argument made that we should respect the office of the president, if not the president himself,” Mr. Muldoon said. “Fair enough — but there are two other equal branches of government, and no one seems particularly interested in displaying portraits of the Speaker of the House or the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.”
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