Posted on 06/11/2020 4:32:00 PM PDT by Hojczyk
House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said during a press conference on Thursday that it “could be appropriate” to rename some military bases that were named after Confederate generals.
McCarthy signaled his openness to renaming some military bases named after Confederates. This would have major implications for large military bases named after Confederates such as Fort Benning in Georgia and Fort Bragg in North Carolina.
“I think it could be appropriate to change” some military bases, McCarthy said.
The Senate Armed Services Committee approved an amendment on Wednesday to require the Department of Defense to rename military bases or and other installations named after Confederate generals. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sponsored the amendment.
“It’s long past time to end the tribute to white supremacy on our military installations,” Warren wrote on Tuesday
“I think it could be appropriate to change” some military bases, McCarthy said.
The Senate Armed Services Committee approved an amendment on Wednesday to require the Department of Defense to rename military bases or and other installations named after Confederate generals. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sponsored the amendment.
“It’s long past time to end the tribute to white supremacy on our military installations,” Warren wrote on Tuesday
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We are in full Retreat.
Fort Free Republic.
The GOP is useless....the country is boomed....twenty years it will be Venezuela...
If Trump is elected it’s just a four year pause....the guy cannot do it by himself...
Washington and Jefferson are next.
Fort Harvey Milk.
The back door is always open.
Maybe protests do work.
Please tell me McCarthy didn’t actually say that!”NO!” is the only appropriate response.
Trump understands it will not stop ever. Next they will want to dump Washington.
If they do this they might as well cancel everything to do with George Washington as he owned slaves.Probably should change the Name of Washington DC while they are at it.
Fort Trump
I knew McCarthy would be one of the first GOP to fold under Nancy’s ‘pressure’. Maybe his old friend Paul Ryan called Kevin personally to advise.
The GOP deserves to go the way of the Whigs.
They literally offer nothing at this point, you can’t even say with certainty the Democrats are going to be worse.
Typical GOP
Probably should get rid of all the statues of Teddy Roosevelt. His mother was from a plantation family that owned slaved
Old Hickory was the president who adopted the jackass as a symbol, after all. If modern libs hate him so much, it's time for them to retire the jackass as a mascot. 2020, after all, is the Year of the Rat.
Normally I would be OK with changing Ft. Hood simply because he was a lousy general.
Now with the scum of the earth demanding it, I say no.
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