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When asked whether the reflecting pool repair contract would be re-opened to bidding, Burgum confirmed the same no-bid contractor would be rehired. He called their work 'fantastic' — despite the 350-foot gash that emerged on their watch.
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Stephanopoulos goes where Bash left off, drilling into the central absurdity: Burgum is simultaneously calling the reflecting pool renovation a triumph and announcing it needs to be drained for repairs. The secretary's attempted escape route — claiming 99.99% of the 340,000-square-foot pool bottom is perfect, so the damage is proportionally tiny — is the kind of spin that sounds reasonable until you do the math. A 350-foot gash is a 350-foot gash. Burgum then breaks further ground by suggesting the pool might not need to be fully drained, that the cuts happened on the sloped edges, and that the press should 'move on' because there are great things going on. Stephanopoulos also confirms no video evidence exists. Burgum eventually contradicts himself by claiming there is both video and eyewitness evidence — 'up to the courts now' — without ever having shown that footage to the public.
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