Federal incompetence: Only one man can open bathrooms at Yosemite?

Published February 21, 2025 2:54pm ET



President Donald Trump‘s firings of bureaucrats and the sob stories that accompany them prove how incompetent and self-absorbed too many federal employees are.

The latest frantic scandal liberal media has conjured up to attack Trump on this matter came from the national parks. In this case, the Washington Post led its coverage with the following paragraph: “At California’s Yosemite National Park, the Trump administration fired the only locksmith on staff on Friday. He was the sole employee with the keys and the institutional knowledge needed to rescue visitors from locked restrooms.”

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