Posted on 06/11/2020 5:17:45 PM PDT by conservative98
WASHINGTON — The GOP-led Armed Services Committee has approved a motion requiring the Pentagon to rename military bases and assets named after Confederate leaders — defying President Trump, who warned them not to support the Elizabeth Warren-introduced measure.
The committee on Wednesday approved the amendment to the annual defense bill which will establish a commission to rename all Pentagon assets — including ships, planes, buildings, military bases and equipment — that bear the name of Confederate generals within the next three years, Roll Call reported.
Cities across America have begun removing statues honoring Confederate leaders as the nation engages in an emotional conversation about race and civil rights in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of a white police officer.
Aboard Air Force One on his way to Dallas Thursday afternoon, President Trump tweeted his disapproval of the move from Warren, a member of the committee and former Democratic presidential candidate, telling Republicans not to “fall for” it.
“Seriously failed presidential candidate, Senator Elizabeth “Pocahontas” Warren, just introduced an Amendment on the renaming of many of our legendary Military Bases from which we trained to WIN two World Wars. Hopefully our great Republican Senators won’t fall for this!” Trump wrote.
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Fort Bush will be one of the new names.
Hoping they will hang you last?
barf
I would however, remind them, who was President when those bases were named for Confederates.
It was their hero: Woodrow Wilson!
Wrong - Pelosi and the RATS have been in power for decades, they could have done this at anytime. But the plantation is resisting, and calling for changes. So they are cleverly putting this on Trump (the outsider) to now deal with this. I don’t believe the ‘Leftist’ dug this up, they are going along with it to win favor with the ‘useful idiots’
Hoping to buy time til the fever subsides - and move the statues to ‘safe spaces’, likely cemeteries; these rioters are uncivilized, the cities are now largely lost.
It’s possible, small cities and towns can flourish with internet jobs, and retirees like myself.
I’m heading for the hills as soon as possible.
From Brietbart article.. “the Obama administration rejected the idea of renaming military bases named for Confederate bases, noting that many of the names had been adopted as symbols of reconciliation between North and South after the brutal Civil War.”
Well, that ought to put an end to it..
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