As Biden visits renamed N.C. military base, DeSantis slams 'political correctness run amok'

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By AAMER MADHANI today

FORT LIBERTY, N.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden traveled to the recently renamed Fort Liberty in North Carolina on Friday to sign an executive order that aims to bolster job opportunities for military and veteran spouses whose careers are often disrupted by their loved ones’ deployments.

Less than 100 miles away at the state’s Republican Party convention, GOP presidential contender, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, vowed to restore the former name of the base that until last week was called Fort Bragg in honor of a Confederate general, if voters elect him president.

“It’s an iconic name and iconic base, and we’re not gonna let political correctness run amok in North Carolina,” DeSantis said at the convention in Greensboro hours after Biden’s speech and signing ceremony at Fort Liberty.

The installation’s former name honors Gen. Braxton Bragg, a North Carolinian, who was known for owning slaves and losing key Civil War battles that contributed to the Confederacy’s downfall. Biden made no mention in his remarks before hundreds of soldiers and their spouses about the renaming of the base which was formally done by military officials last week.




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[FSogol]

1. Bragg was a loser and Confederate supporting chumps named stuff after him.

DeSantis is another loser, but no one will ever name anything after him.

[Brother Buzz]

24. Bragg was such a lousy Confederate officer....

one could make the argument he was actually a double-super-secret Union agent. He was that bad.

His halcyon days were during the Mexican–American War where he commanded an artillery unit and didn't screw up.

[AllaN01Bear]

2. and he thinks its ok to be rude.

[groundloop]

3. Yep..... for some reason GQPers like that.

They think it's manly or some such nonsense.

And I have to wonder what in the hell was our military thinking when they allowed bases to be named after traitorous slave owners.

[Vogon_Glory]

7. It probably seemed to be a good idea at the time

It probably seemed like a good idea at the time. Woodrow Wilson was President at the time and he was a racist Southern Democrat at heart, even if he came from New Jersey.

Times have changed. The US is no longer the racist Confederate-revering country it was in 1918. So should the name.

[marmar]

4. One trick pony

[Hassin Bin Sober]

5. Liberty won. Bragg was a loser. We like winners!

[twodogsbarking]

6. Rename the J. Edgar Hoover building.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

8. If the US had a real media

Rather than a bunch of corporate-humping, fascist bootlickers, they'd ask him one question about changing the name of Fort Liberty back to Fort Loser:

"What do you have against liberty?"

But because the traitor US media is overrun with right-wing lickspittles, they won't ask that question.

[617Blue]

12. Or - are you cool with slavery and being a traitor?

[ashredux]

9. These changes are way overdue. Why name a base after a confederate loser?

Sorry DeSantis, you’re just full of it, and you need a new game plan. Woke ain’t where it’s at.

[Botany]

10. ATTN Ron DeSantis the Confederacy aka the rebels aka the treasonous racist shits who faught to ....

... violently end the United States of America because they thought blacks were made that way
by God because they were lesser people then whites so it was OK to keep them as slaves, beat
them, sell off family members, rape them, and have them live in shacks is the wrong side to back
and teaching and learning about history is the right thing to do. This is not about political correct-
ness this is about doing the right thing.

BTW "We" all came out of East Central Africa.

[bronxiteforever]

11. Bragg hated fellow Americans, so does Desantis

The racism is strong in Desantis.

[70sEraVet]

13. Biden busy doing something for the families of the troops and veterans.

DeSantis busy trying to wrap up the racist and the grumpy-old-guy votes!

[Tarc]

14. The name should have been changed decades ago

or never allowed in the first place. DeSantis championing the side of racism is hardly surprising.

[BOSSHOG]

15. If political correctness

Means “it”, whatever it is doesn’t involve, racism, hatred, ignorance, corruption, mendacity and conservative values I’m all for IT.

[Paladin]

16. You love yourself some Gen. Bragg, Der Santis?

How utterly unsurprising. Lotsa luck with the black voting bloc in Florida.

[hay rick]

17. Maybe renaming it Fort Benedict Arnold will make DuhSantis happy.

[andym]

18. Bragg was a traitor to the US in the Civil War as well as a bad general and unpopular

why would any patriotic American support naming a fort after him.

[kimbutgar]

19. I doubt Desatan could look so comfortable around people like President Biden is in this pic!

He has no warmth or charm and looks awkward around people. Desatan is just jealous!

[tonekat]

20. An example of DeSantis' "little man" thinking

The name of a base...that's it...no practical solutions to real problems. His supporters can't comprehend anything more complex.

What a loser.

[republianmushroom]

21. DeSantis can sit on it.

[TeamProg]

22. Pukes want to erase slavery from the history books while honoring SLAVE OWNERS with their names

on federal buildings.


Typical hypocrisy of the wingnuts.

[thucythucy]

23. Here's one of my favorite commentaries on the worship of racist losers:

[Wonder Why]

25. He was hoping to have a military based named after him. He liked these:

Fort The Country and Lost

De Santis Air Farce Base

USS De Santis Screendoor Submarine

Marine Station Santis Not Fidelis

USCG Cutter DeSantis Bigotus