Trump is pushing to preserve the names of military bases even though the House and Senate overwhelmingly approved bills to rename the bases.
President Trump and a top Senate Republican are pushing Congress to preserve the names of military bases that honor Confederate generals, even though the House and Senate have overwhelmingly approved bills that rename them.said in a tweet Friday that he had spoken to Oklahoma Sen. James M.
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Friday the White House would “leave that to Senator Inhofe as to how that works legislatively speaking,” but said Trump “was assured by Sen. Inhofe that that [provision] would be changing and that Republicans stood with the president on this.”
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