Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna has proposed a bold addition to Mount Rushmore.
The Florida representative announced on Friday that she is officially filing legislation to add President Donald Trump’s face to the iconic monument.
‘I’m actually filing the legislation as we speak,’ Luna wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter), responding to a video by Benny Johnson in which Corey Lewandowski made the same suggestion.
‘What are we waiting on? Donald Trump’s face should be on Mount Rushmore. We’ve got the votes. Trump’s gonna sign it. Let’s get it done to memorialize what this man’s achieved for this country,’ Lewandowski said during his appearance on The Benny Show.
Mount Rushmore, located in the Black Hills of South Dakota, is a massive granite sculpture featuring the 60-foot-tall faces of four U.S. presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.
These presidents were chosen to represent key milestones in American history: the nation’s birth (Washington), expansion (Jefferson), development (Roosevelt), and preservation (Lincoln).
The idea for Mount Rushmore originated in the 1920s with South Dakota historian Doane Robinson, who hoped to boost tourism in the region.
Sculptor Gutzon Borglum was chosen for the project due to his experience with large-scale sculptures.
Construction began in 1927 and continued until 1941. The project, primarily funded by federal government grants, involved over 400 workers using dynamite, drills, and chisels to carve the monument.
The original plan included the presidents’ upper bodies, but it was scaled back due to funding and time constraints.
Gutzon Borglum passed away in 1941, leaving his son, Lincoln Borglum, to oversee the completion.
While Mount Rushmore has become a symbol of American pride and democracy, it remains controversial.
The Black Hills are sacred to the Lakota Sioux people, and the U.S. government seized the land in violation of treaties.
Today, Mount Rushmore draws over two million visitors annually, standing as both a monumental work of art and a site of historical and cultural significance.