MAHMOUD BENNETT:
PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL RON DESANTIS IS PLEDGING TO RESTORE THE ORIGINAL NAME OF AN ARMY BASE IN NORTH CAROLINA AFTER IT WAS OFFICIALLY CHANGED OVER ITS CONFEDERATE ROOTS – TAKE A LOOK
RON DESANTIS: I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO AS PRESIDENT RESTORING THE NAME OF FORT BRAGG TO OUR GREAT MILITARY BASE IN FAYETTEVILLE IN NORTH CAROLINA…CONTD.
MAHMOUD BENNETT:
IT WAS ON JUNE SECOND THAT FORT BRAGG NAMED AFTER CONFEDERATE GENERAL BRAXTON BRAGG BECAME FORT LIBERTY – THE CHANGE IS PART OF A BROADER PUSH BY THE US MILITARY TO ERASE CONFEDERATE NAMES FOLLOWING RACIAL UNREST IN 2020
THIS PLEDGE BY DESANTIS TO CHANGE THAT IS A STORY THAT’S GETTING TRACTION ONLY VIA LEFT AND CENTER ORIENTED NEWS OUTLETS AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON OUR MEDIA MISS TOOL – WE USE THIS TOOL TO HELP SELECT OUR STORIES SO YOU GET FAIR COVERAGE ON THE HEADLINES ONE SIDE IS UNDERREPORTING – CHECK IT OUT FOR YOURSELF AT STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS . COM
IN ADDITION TO FORT BRAGG AT LEAST 8 OTHER ARMY INSTALLATIONS AROUND THE U.S. HAVE BEEN OR ARE SET TO BE RENAMED BY 2024 – FORT BRAGG BEING THE MOST EXPENSIVE
IN FACT, THE CONGRESSIONALLY ESTABLISHED NAMING COMMISSION WHICH GARNERED BIPARTISAN SUPPORT ESTIMATED LAST YEAR THAT RENAMING ALL THE BASES WOULD COST 21 MILLION DOLLARS
THAT’S BECAUSE CHANGING THE NAME DOESN’T JUST ENTAIL PUTTING UP A NEW SIGN AT THE FRONT… THE COMMISSION SAYS THE COST COVERS CHANGING OR REMOVING SYMBOLS, DISPLAYS, MONUMENTS, OR PARAPHERNALIA THAT COMMEMORATE THE SLAVERY-DEFENDING CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA [TRANSITION]
WITH RESPECT TO FORT BRAGG WHICH IS NOW FORT LIBERTY – ONE SIDE ARGUES THE CHANGE IS JUSTIFIED AND THAT THE EFFORT TO REVERSE IT IS AN APPEAL TO HATRED
MSNBC: THESE SORTS OF APPEALS MAKE ME THINK OF MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER… BLACK PEOPLE WHO GREW UP IN THE SOUTH… A BRASEN APPEAL TO HATRED
MEANWHILE ANOTHER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MIKE PENCE IS DOUBLING DOWN – TELLING PEOPLE IN NORTH CAROLINA HE ALSO WANTS TO SEE FORT BRAGG RESTORED – SUGGESTING THE CHANGE WAS MADE OUT OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS
MIKE PENCE: WE WILL END THE POLITICAL CORRECTNESS IN THE HALLWAYS OF THE PENTAGON AND NORTH CAROLINA WILL ONCE AGAIN BE HOME TO FORT BRAGG