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Pictures of Mitch McConnell and Trump's Treasury Secretary Posing In Front of a Wall of Gold Bars Just Emerged Online, and the Internet Is Having a Field Day
Gonna regret that.
Thanks to a Freedom of Information Act request, Buzzfeed News has acquired pictures of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin gleefully posing next to stacks of gold bars stored at Fort Knox.
McConnell and Mnuchin, along with Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin (R) and United States Treasurer Jovita Carranza visited the Fort Knox Bullion Depository on August 21, 2017.
According to documents shared by Buzzfeed reporter Jason Leopold, this was "only the second visit of this type in the 80-year history of the facility."
Now, no one is suggesting there is anything nefarious going on here. But the optics of these Republican officials smiling amongst a trove of solid gold bullion is cringeworthy.
@JasonLeopold @BuzzFeedBen this is like the painting of Viggo in ghostbusters 2 do not stare into yertle turtle’s e… https://t.co/GXym8quaP1— Don 고 (@Don 고) 1545018053.0
@JasonLeopold @jdawsey1 do they have erections?— Sandi Bachom (@Sandi Bachom) 1545060178.0
@JasonLeopold Hope they searched them before the left.— Andrew (@Andrew) 1545012614.0
@JasonLeopold Hope they searched them before the left.— Andrew (@Andrew) 1545012614.0
@JasonLeopold @GabyDore their god— MombeeMysticMonk (@MombeeMysticMonk) 1545013086.0
@josephebacon @JasonLeopold Not from Fort Knox but the American people. I'll wait!— forwardtomydome (@forwardtomydome) 1545018457.0
@JasonLeopold @bad_indian_girl Every time I see these greedy monsters gloating over the nation's gold as if it were… https://t.co/lpWTnHfnIb— WideAwake&Furious (@WideAwake&Furious) 1545069722.0
@JasonLeopold @AKimCampbell Worshipping at the altar.— Lash Ray (no, that's my real name) (@Lash Ray (no, that's my real name)) 1545060956.0
@JasonLeopold It's almost like they're taking it. From Americans who work hard. So they and their rich benefactors can get richer.— Seth Wainer (@Seth Wainer) 1545057915.0
Talk about being on brand.
As if coddling the interests of the wealthiest Americans was not enough.
@JasonLeopold It’s like Republican catnip.— SHamilton (@SHamilton) 1545010741.0
@JasonLeopold @vermontgmg A representational photo of the actual treasury looting they have done via policy.— D. Stamos/Helodriver (@D. Stamos/Helodriver) 1545012274.0
@JasonLeopold @erinscafe What's so special about a photo of a pol with his constituents?— Avi (@Avi) 1545018758.0
@josephebacon @JasonLeopold Not from Fort Knox but the American people. I'll wait!— forwardtomydome (@forwardtomydome) 1545018457.0
@JasonLeopold @BuzzFeedBen Tax bill has a new poster— The Keith (@The Keith) 1545015760.0
@JasonLeopold These photos are not only in bad taste, they demonstrate a lack of sobriety, a lack of respect for se… https://t.co/Ao8kjhAjJu— Dori Smith (@Dori Smith) 1545063255.0
@JasonLeopold It's like they are purposefully taunting us.— Julia (@Julia) 1545063056.0
Is anyone surprised by this?
@DerWouter @kenvogel "He put the douche in fiduciary" is one of the funniest things I've ever read.— Carol Battle (@Carol Battle) 1526718419.0
@kenvogel @Bencjacobs @usmint I was hoping the background would look more like the gold vault scene from Goldfinger… https://t.co/pXVq0T9ud2— Not Scott F. (@Not Scott F.) 1526673325.0
They look like Austin Powers villains.
@kenvogel @usmint A B&W photo of GOLD?!? Uh, I'm having trouble with that...— Ace Hoffman (@Ace Hoffman) 1526669400.0
@kenvogel @usmint .@POTUS @realDonaldTrump and his people are literally sub-par Bond villains. #RESIST— C.J. Pitchford (@C.J. Pitchford) 1526784030.0
@kenvogel @usmint Why are the scans so bad and why are they in black and white?— Stefan De Clercq🦞 (@Stefan De Clercq🦞) 1545060899.0
The truly remarkable aspect to these photos is that Fort Knox is supposed to be an impenetrable vault for our country's gold reserves.
Mnuchin and his wife, actress Louise Linton, were also snapped watching last year's total solar eclipse at the facility.
What a pic Steve Mnuchin and Mitch McConnell posing with gold at Fort Knox. Via #FOIA docs obtained by Governmen… https://t.co/eaoY2C71SI— Jason Leopold (@Jason Leopold) 1545010666.0
Good job.