Wednesday, June 10, 2020

After military opens door, Trump rejects removing names of Confederate leaders from U.S. bases

President Donald Trump ruled out renaming U.S. military bases that are named for Confederate leaders on Wednesday even as NASCAR banned the Confederate flag from its races and Democrats sought the removal from Capitol Hill of statues of people representing the pro-slavery South in the 1860s Civil War.


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