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Lawmakers Oppose Trump Pledge to Restore Confederate Names to Military Bases

Following former President Donald Trump’s pledge to restore the names of military bases that were named after Confederate figures, members of both parties in Congress vowed to oppose any such efforts.

As Politico reports, President Trump made another campaign promise on the culture war front on Friday, during a town hall event in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

“I think I just learned the secret to winning absolutely and by massive margins,” said the former president and Republican nominee. “I’m going to promise to you … that we’re going to change the name back to Fort Bragg.” Earlier at the same event, former Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie earned a standing ovation after he referred to the base, currently named Fort Liberty, by its original name.

Fort Bragg was one of many locations bearing the name of a Confederate figure that was targeted by a Biden-Harris Administration commission, after the Democrat-majority Congress approved a measure in 2021 seeking to rename all such locations. This included eight other military bases besides Bragg, which is named after the decorated and highly-respected Confederate General Braxton Bragg.

One of the Republicans who supported this process is Congressman Don Bacon (R-Neb.), known for his opposition to Trump.

“The law was you had to get rid of the Confederate names, and the commission was to determine what those names should be,” said Bacon. “The law was passed, it’s not going to go backward.”

“This was a deal made with the Jim Crow South, between 1910 and 1930 roughly,” Bacon claimed. “And I’m not a Jim Crow South guy.”

Far-left Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) denounced President Trump’s promise and vowed to fight it if he is returned to the White House.

“This latest rant is a desperate political stunt meant to distract and divide us,” said Warren in her own rant. “Trump should listen to military leaders who have honored generations of loyal servicemembers by supporting the renaming of these bases.”

The Left has targeted numerous Confederate monuments for removal or destruction in recent years. While President Trump was in office, mobs of domestic terrorist groups, including the anarcho-communist group Antifa and the black nationalist group Black Lives Matter, engaged in widespread violence that included tearing down statues and desecrating graves. Once Biden and Harris took power, they used their executive power to further remove such monuments, including the historic Confederate Monument in Arlington Cemetery.

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About Eric Lendrum

Eric Lendrum graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he was the Secretary of the College Republicans and the founding chairman of the school’s Young Americans for Freedom chapter. He has interned for Young America’s Foundation, the Heritage Foundation, and the White House, and has worked for numerous campaigns including the 2018 re-election of Congressman Devin Nunes (CA-22). He is currently a co-host of The Right Take podcast.

Photo: WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA - SEPTEMBER 21: Republican presidential candidate former US President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at the Aero Center Wilmington on September 21, 2024 in Wilmington, North Carolina. Trump is returning to Wilmington, North Carolina after his previous scheduled rally in April was canceled because of a thunderstorm. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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  1. I really think this was an unwise moment to make this particular commitment. Not because I have any objections to the restoration of historical monuments or names connected with the Civil War; I don’t and watching all of destruction & vandalism trying to wipeout portions of our country’s history was incredibly maddening for me because my degree is in history–I believe that an analytic study of history is vital to understanding how we got here and how to make better choices going forward.

    But anything that Trump says or promises that feeds into the many spurious accusations that have been made against him is just more fodder for his opponents and the propagandists. This election is too important for that kind of unforced error.

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