GOP Seeks To Block Army From Confederate Renaming

Congress Minutes reports:

Republicans are gearing up for another debate over Confederate-named Defense Department assets after GOP appropriators added a little-noticed amendment into a funding bill.

The GOP friction stems from a push by Rep Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) who publicly revived the discussion by trying to prevent funding in an energy and water development bill from being used to rename Army Corps civil works projects that are named after the Confederacy or an individual who served in the Confederate military.

It marks the latest attempt by the Georgia Republican to prevent Georgia’s Lake Lanier and Buford Dam from being renamed, which he argued would have significant economic consequences for his district.

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Here’s a photo of GOP lawmaker Andrew Clyde helping to barricade the door in the Capitol on Jan 6 to keep it from being overrun … by tourists. pic.twitter.com/6kE3IFeOW0

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Here’s Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) helping Capitol Police barricade a door on Jan. 6 during what he would later call a “normal tourist visit.” pic.twitter.com/BJ8WYDu5zn

— Michael (@Doneli) June 15, 2021

Didn’t know a Confederate flag presentation in the Capitol riot on January 6th, was a part of a “normal tourist visit,” as Congressman Andrew Clyde claimed. pic.twitter.com/UNYqswCV0g

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