Don Bacon Aiming to Remove Confederate Names From Military Bases

Why the congressman says it's important to make the change and the pushback he's experiencing.

CONFEDERATEMONUMENTSTHROUGHOUT THESOUTH TORN DOWN -WITH PEOPLE SAYINGWE SHOULD NOLONGER HONORRACIST MEN.NOW REPUBLICANDON BACON, WHOWAS IN THE AIRFORCE AND NOWREPRESENTS THEOMAHA AREA IN THEHOUSE, IS LOOKINGTO PASS A BILL THATREMOVES THE NAMESOF CONFEDERATEGENERALS FROMMILITARYINSTALLATIONS.SOMETHING THATTHE PRESIDENTOPPOSES.REPORTER JONKIPPER SPOKE WITHTHE CONGRESSMANTODAY."I DON'T THINK THESEARE THE FOLKS WEWANT TO HONOR."BACONFORT BENNING.FORT BRAGG.BASES WHERE TENSOF THOUSANDS OFAMERICAN TROOPSARE STATIONED.THEY ALSO, ALONGWITH EIGHT OTHERS,ARE NAMED AFTERCONFEDERATEGENERALS ...WHOFOUGHT AGAINST THEUNION ALMOST 160YEARS AGO.IT WAS A FOR AN EVILCAUSE OF SLAVERY.AND I DON'T THINKTHAT AMERICA WANTSTHESE FOLKS TO BEHONORED AT THESEBASES.WE SHOULD FINDFOLKS THATEVERYBODY CANAGREE THAT SERVEDOUR NATIONHONORABLY."BACONBACON'S LEGISLATIONWOULD FORM A BI-PARTISANCOMMISSION THATWOULD MAKERECOMMENDATIONSON RENAMING THESEINSTALLATIONS,WHICH WERE NAMEDTO APPEASESOUTHERNINTERESTS."THERE ARE FOLKSTHAT EVERYONE CANAGREE TO, LIKEGENERAL MARSHALL.GENERALEISENHOWER."BACONBUT BACON ISGETTING PUSHBACKFROM HIS OWNPARTY, AND THEPRESIDENT.PRESIDENT TRUMPRECENTLY TWEETEDTHAT HISADIMINISTRATIONWON'T CONSIDERRENAMING THEM.HIS PRESSSECRETARY WASEVEN MOREABSOLUTE."THE PRESIDENT WILLNOT BE SIGNINGLEGISLATION THATRENAMES AMERICA'SFORTS."KAYLEIGH MCENANYSAYS IT'S AN INSULTTO THE TROOPS WHOLAST SAW THOSEBASES BEFORE THEYWERE SENTOVERSEAS.SHE ALSO ASKEDWHERE DO YOU DRAWTHE LINE?

"SHOULDGEORGEWASHINGTON,THOMAS JEFFERSONAND JAMES MADISONBE ERASED FROMHISTORY.WHAT ABOUT FDR ANDHIS INTERNMENTCAMPS?"MCENANYBACON DRAWS THELINE AT REVOLTAGAINST THECOUNTRY."THOSE PEOPLE DIDNOT VIOLATE THECONSTITUTION, THEYDIDN'T LEAD A WARAGAINST US."BACON"THE MAJORITY OFTHE REPUBLICANSSUPPORT THIS, AND ITHINK THE PRESIDENTWILL COME AROUND."BACON BACONSAYS NOW IS THECHANCE TO FIX THEMISTAKES OF LASTCENTURY.TO NO LONGERMAKE MINORITYTROOPS ENTER ABASE NAMED AFTERMEN THATDEFENDED SLAVERY."THOSE GUYSSTOOD ON THEWRONG SIDE.WE'RE NOT GOINGTO HONOR THEM,RIGHT?

THEY ARENOT GOING TO BEERASED FROMHISTORY, WE'REACKNOWLEDGINGTHE BAD HISTORYTHAT THEYREPRESENT."BACONBACON IS CURRENTLYWORKING OUT OF HISWEST OMAHA OFFICEBUT WILL RETURN TOWASHINGTON LATERTHIS MONTH..HETHINKS THE BILL WILLPASS IN SOME FORMIN THE HOUSE ANDSENATE - BEFOREBOTH ARE BLENDEDTOGETHER INTO ONEBILL.JON LL TAGIN OMAHA JON KIPPER3NNCONGRESSMAN JEFFFORTENBERRY, WHOREPRESENTS LINCOLNAND PARTS OFBELLEVUE, REMAINEDMUM ON THE ISSUE,TELLING 3 NEWS NOWIN A STATEMENT THATHE'S IN THE PROCESSOF EVALUATING AVARIETY OFPROPOSALS THATDEAL WITH PASTINJUSTICES.TODAY IOWA