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Rachel Maddow gleeful as courts deliver Presidents' Day 'present' smacking down Trump [View all]
Rachel was great last night
Rachel Maddow gleeful as courts deliver Presidents' Day 'present' smacking down Trump
— (@diane52a.bsky.social) 2026-02-17T13:23:18.331Z
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MS NOW's Rachel Maddow kicked off her Monday night show with a victory lap after a federal court ruled against President Donald Trump's efforts to censor and remove exhibits about slavery from the site of the first presidential house at Independence Park in Philadelphia.
"That house has a really interesting story," explained Maddow. "Accidentally, the last remaining walls of that house were, by accident, torn down in the 1950s. That was the last standing portion of the house. It was accidentally demolished in the 1950s. Decades later, once archeologists and historians figured out for sure where that president's house had been, the city got involved. They bought the land, they preserved everything they could. And ultimately, that site was reopened as a national historic site. Today, it is sort of an open-air pavilion where you can see the shape of the president's house. You can see the foundations of the original building. They've got artifacts there from the time that George Washington and John Adams lived in that house.".....
She continued to quote from the judge's ruling: "President Washington’s house would not merit designation as a historic site if he had not commanded the army that won the Revolutionary War, whose presence presiding over the Constitutional Convention graced it with the gravitas and spirit necessary to the creation of our government’s foundational document, and his restraint and modesty radiated strength and wisdom that defines the ideal chief executive to this day. The government can convey a different message without restraint elsewhere if it so pleases, but it cannot do so to the President's House until it follows the law and consults with the City. The motion for preliminary injunction will be granted."
"Happy Presidents' Day, Philadelphia," she added. "You are getting your history put back up by court order at the President's House."
"That house has a really interesting story," explained Maddow. "Accidentally, the last remaining walls of that house were, by accident, torn down in the 1950s. That was the last standing portion of the house. It was accidentally demolished in the 1950s. Decades later, once archeologists and historians figured out for sure where that president's house had been, the city got involved. They bought the land, they preserved everything they could. And ultimately, that site was reopened as a national historic site. Today, it is sort of an open-air pavilion where you can see the shape of the president's house. You can see the foundations of the original building. They've got artifacts there from the time that George Washington and John Adams lived in that house.".....
She continued to quote from the judge's ruling: "President Washington’s house would not merit designation as a historic site if he had not commanded the army that won the Revolutionary War, whose presence presiding over the Constitutional Convention graced it with the gravitas and spirit necessary to the creation of our government’s foundational document, and his restraint and modesty radiated strength and wisdom that defines the ideal chief executive to this day. The government can convey a different message without restraint elsewhere if it so pleases, but it cannot do so to the President's House until it follows the law and consults with the City. The motion for preliminary injunction will be granted."
"Happy Presidents' Day, Philadelphia," she added. "You are getting your history put back up by court order at the President's House."
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