(Headline USA) Joe Biden traveled to the base formally known as Fort Bragg, recently renamed in an attack on American history, in North Carolina on Friday to sign an executive order.
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 renaming of the base was part of a broader effort by the U.S. Congress to destroy American history in the aftermath of the May 2020 overdose of George Floyd (Saint Floyd of Fentanyl) in Minneapolis.
An ‘independent commission’ recommended new names for Bragg and eight other Army posts that commemorate Confederate officers.
The installation is the largest U.S. Army base by population, with roughly 47,000 active-duty soldiers.
The Biden campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In addition to DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence and President Trump, the current GOP front-runner, are scheduled to address delegates on Saturday at the state convention in Greensboro.
Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press
