That Alabama Army base is one of ten bases due for a name change as the country moves away from honoring confederate generals who went to war with the U.S. over slavery. The change is included in the defense budget.
President Trump is threatening to veto the entire $740-Billion defense budget if the name changes remain in the document. It would take 60 votes to just remove the base name change language from the massive bill. The Washington Post calls that an unlikely scenario. And the paper has this reaction from Senate minority leader Charles Schumer:
By the way, as with many things confederate, Fort Rucker adopted that name in 1955, the same year Rosa Parks was arrested, prompting the year long Montgomery bus boycott. Coincidence?
President Trump is threatening to veto the entire $740-Billion defense budget if the name changes remain in the document. It would take 60 votes to just remove the base name change language from the massive bill. The Washington Post calls that an unlikely scenario. And the paper has this reaction from Senate minority leader Charles Schumer:
“I dare President Trump to veto the bill over Confederate-base naming,” Schumer said to reporters. “It’s in the bill. It has bipartisan support. It will stay in the bill.” He added, “I think the bottom line is what’s in the bill will stay in the bill.”
By the way, as with many things confederate, Fort Rucker adopted that name in 1955, the same year Rosa Parks was arrested, prompting the year long Montgomery bus boycott. Coincidence?
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