Ron DeSantis would 'reverse' Joe Biden's designation of Grand Canyon national monument
Ron DeSantis told a crowd in Iowa that if he becomes President, he will reverse a Joe Biden decision to create a national monument at the Grand Canyon, a priority of Native American tribes.
During a Never Back Down meet-and-greet in Coralville, DeSantis said he didn’t know much about the President’s decision, but he was against it anyway on national security grounds.
“I don’t know the intricacies of it, but I would reverse it,” DeSantis said. “Absolutely.”
Earlier this week, Biden designated the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni — Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument as the fifth new national monument created during his term, a move that the White House says “protects nearly 1...
