Republican senators on the Armed Services Committee voted to strip Confederate generals’ names from Army bases behind closed doors in a voice vote.
The White House tweeted threats to veto the legislation.
REAL REASONS PRESIDENT TRUMP WON’T DO IT
These are Americans who died
President Trump announced Wednesday that he ‘will not even consider’ renaming American military bases that were named after Confederate leaders
He said the 10 Army bases in question were ‘part of a Great American Heritage’ and referred to them as ‘Hallowed Grounds.’
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany reiterated his point calling it disrespectful to service members to assume they were ‘inherently racist’
But later in the evening, the Senate Armed Services Committee voted to tell the Pentagon to remove the names within three years.
Insults people who served from those bases
Kayleigh McEnany later said the White House won’t do it since it is an insult to people who had served abroad to rename bases that they left from when they went overseas.
The 10 bases are named for a group that includes slave owners, officers who left the U.S. Army to join the rebels, and at least one general who ordered the execution of unarmed prisoners. That is according to the media.
The left is purging our history and making us ashamed because of the mistakes made by Americans from a different time. The left hates America and they are purging our history.
At the same time, Speaker Pelosi, exploiting the opportunity for political gain, wants confederate statues removed from Congress.
President Trump said, “Our history as the Greatest Nation in the World will not be tampered with. Respect our Military!”
We are undergoing a purge of our history, literature, art, and culture, in general, by the hard left and therein lies the problem.
It’s ignoring history
THOSE THAT DENY THEIR HISTORY ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 11, 2020
It’s military history
It has been suggested that we should rename as many as 10 of our Legendary Military Bases, such as Fort Bragg in North Carolina, Fort Hood in Texas, Fort Benning in Georgia, etc. These Monumental and very Powerful Bases have become part of a Great American Heritage, and a…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 10, 2020
…history of Winning, Victory, and Freedom. The United States of America trained and deployed our HEROES on these Hallowed Grounds, and won two World Wars. Therefore, my Administration will not even consider the renaming of these Magnificent and Fabled Military Installations…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 10, 2020
…Our history as the Greatest Nation in the World will not be tampered with. Respect our Military!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 10, 2020
The media leaves out his reasoning and they claim the Republicans are abandoning Trump.
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