Elizabeth Warren Plans To Strip Confederate Names From Military Bases

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An amendment introduced by Elizabeth Warren which aims to remove Confederate names from all military bases and other assets, has been approved by the The Senate Armed Services Committee

“As a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, I filed an amendment to the annual defense bill last week to rename all bases named for Confederate generals. It’s long past time to end the tribute to white supremacy on our military installations,” Senator Elizabeth Warren said regarding her amendment. 

While Liberals celebrate the plan, it has prompting heated reactions from conservatives.

The move could lead to a showdown between the Republican-led Senate and the White House, as President Trump on Wednesday rejected the possibility of renaming military installations named after Confederate leaders.

RT reports: If put into action, the measure would require that military bases rename all posts and assets – streets, equipment, etc. – which are named after Confederate officers or honor the Confederacy in any way. The bases would have three years to complete the task.

“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!” President Donald Trump tweeted about the effort on Thursday.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1271145584791965696

Other conservatives have similarly expressed their opposition to the measure, which comes amid growing calls to take down historical monuments across the nation in the wake of the death of George Floyd. 

“Don’t try to change our history, explain it. The ups, the downs, the achievements, the failures, the triumphs, the obstacles, the scars, the battles, the peaks, and the valleys. ALL OF IT,” tweeted Fox News contributor Dan Bongino. 

https://twitter.com/dbongino/status/1271135243089649672

Though Warren’s effort passed the Republican-led committee, some expressed opposition. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO), for instance, slammed Warren’s plan as “historical revisionism.”

Warren, who has been floated as a possible vice-presidential pick for Joe Biden, has earned praise from her own side of the political aisle for leading the charge.

Warren’s measure comes just as protests across the nation targeting historical statues are flaring up. Confederate statues and monuments have found themselves in the hot seat again, with many prominent Democrats calling for their removal. 

The trend has grown in recent years, with states like Texas removing dozens of Confederate monuments since 2015, and over 100 total around the country being taken down, according to Southern Poverty Law Center.

Renaming military installations and assets could be a different story though. With opposition from the president and a long road ahead of it as part of the defense authorization bill, Warren’s amendment could very well get stalled, especially considering the heated and split rhetoric it has inspired from the top down. 

The defense authorization bill will need to push through the Senate and land on the desk of the president – and with Republicans digging their heels in and the president all but promising a veto, Warren’s effort may be earning her praises from her own side, but its ultimate success is far from assured.

8 Comments

  1. Yeah because England sold the slaves On average each french plantation owner had 100 slaves that they thought from the english slave traders .England wants everyone to forget that they were the human traffickers so by erasing the signs of the war they can erase their guilt from history. And their duplicity in selling them then outlawing slavery but not refunding the money .

    • Financed by the Hebes. The two major slave markets in America were Charleston, SC and Newport.

  2. there goes the southern vote for the democrats over to the republicans. Jews are having fun coming up with this stuff.

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