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House Majority PAC

August 7, 2026

A hybrid PAC focused on electing Democrats to the House of Representatives.

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Q: Did the Trump administration have 60 cherry blossom trees cut down in D.C. to build a golf course?

A: In what the Department of Interior called “routine maintenance,” about 60 trees were removed from East Potomac Park, according to the Washington Post. But only one cherry tree removal was mentioned in that article, and an advocacy group opposed to major changes to the park told us it only knew “for certain” of one cherry tree being cut down.

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