To save Confederate memorials, GOP members drop support for troop raises

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Reprinted with permission from American Independent
December 29, 2020
Josh Israel

Sixty-six House Republicans voted to uphold Donald Trump's veto of a must-pass annual defense authorization bill on Monday, despite 25 of them previously voting for the exact same legislation weeks ago.

... more than the required two-thirds of the House voted to override ...

The annual legislation passed .. earlier this month with a bipartisan supermajority in each chamber. Then, 140 House Republicans and 42 GOP senators backed the $731.6 billion legislation to set funding levels and policies for the nation's defense and authorize pay increases for America's armed service members.

Trump ultimately vetoed the bill .. at the last possible moment — objecting to provisions that required the renaming of military bases named for Confederate figures ...

https://www.nationalmemo.com/confederate-monuments

[Cirque du So-What]

1. Priorities. Sheesh!

Guess confederate enshrinement is more important than the well-being of our troops.

[Deuxcents]

2. Disturbing

From the get go. These relics should have been gone long ago. So much for how they love n honor our military and their families.

[Irish_Dem]

3. Racist memorials must not have a place of honor in 21st century America.

They belong in a Holocaust type museum so that we never forget America's shameful past.