SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Trump administration officials were in San Francisco Thursday to visit Alcatraz amid President Donald Trump’s ongoing talk about turning it back to a prison. Many officials have dismissed the idea, with San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie calling it “not a serious one,” and Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi calling it stupid.
However, one local official is not so sure.
“Trump is building a fascist police state, with Congress now giving him a massive slush fund to dramatically expand the ICE secret police and to build more private prison gulags, such as ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ and CECOT in El Salvador,” said State Sen. Scott Weiner (D-San Francisco) in a statement posted to Reddit.
While the likes of Pelosi, Lurie and California Gov. Gavin Newsom have dismissed the idea outright, Wiener is taking the president at his word.
“Some dismiss Trump’s talk about reopening Alcatraz as a joke,” he continued. “While this idea is absurd on so many levels — and destructive in seeking to destroy one of the most popular tourist sites in the country — Trump has shown that he executes on many of the insane and destructive things that come out of his warped brain.”
And while many have been quick to dismiss Trump’s talk of reopening Alcatraz as a distraction, Wiener is concerned Trump actually plans to use the former federal penitentiary to house ICE prisoners.
“I’m very concerned that Trump will actually try to turn Alcatraz into a gulag to hold the political prisoners ICE is sweeping off the streets,” he said. “We need to do everything in our power to fight this dangerous idea.”
Stick with KRON4 for the latest coverage on Trump administration officials’ visit to Alcatraz Thursday.
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