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DAVID MARCUS: Reflecting pool controversy is mirror for our broken politics

Additional documents showed damage to the Washington DC pool was the result of flawed installation by the contractor

By David Marcus Fox News

Published August 1, 2026 11:35am EDT

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Hannity: Democrats ignore Obama-era Reflecting Pool renovations

Fox News host Sean Hannity discusses Democrats’ fixation on the renovations to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and the protests and vandalizations that have occurred at the site on ‘Hannity.’

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In the 104 years that the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has stood on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the event it is most closely associated with is the 1963 "I Have a Dream," speech by the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., but today, far from a symbol of national unity, this body of water has created a wave of anger and discontent.

On Friday, United States Attorney for the District of Washington, D.C. Jeanine Pirro did the right thing and dropped charges against David Hearn, a former Olympic athlete who had been facing 10 years in jail for allegedly defacing the monument.

Hearn was accused of pulling up pieces of the new sealant installed this year during President Donald Trump’s renovation of the pool. He claims he was just curious about the pre-existing damage he saw.

FORMER US OLYMPIAN DAVID HEARN INDICTED........

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