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Florida Politics reports:
During remarks in Eagle Pass, Texas, the Florida Governor doubled down on his assertion that the newly rechristened Fort Liberty should have its name changed back to honor Braxton Bragg, whose legacy as a rebel commander was undistinguished even by the markers of the rebel army. “Here’s what I said with respect to Fort Bragg is, that’s an iconic base in this country. I didn’t even know it was a Civil War general,” said DeSantis, who graduated from Yale in 2001 with a B.A., magna cum laude in history.
“I don’t think most people knew it was a Civil War general. You just know you’ve been to Bragg, right? And they’re changing it for political correctness reasons. And so I don’t believe in doing it for political correctness reasons. And here’s the thing, you know, you learn from history, you don’t erase the history. I mean, I think you can look back at anybody and you could find flaws. I’m not in a position to say that somehow I’m so much better than any of this. It’s a different time. People make mistakes.”
Read the full article. Oh, the shade of that Yale factoid.
Braxton Bragg was not only a famously inept Confederate general who, per historians, “wantonly shot his own soldiers,” he personally owned over 100 slaves.
‘I think you can look back at anybody and you could find flaws.’@RonDeSantis doubles down on restoration of ‘iconic’ Fort Bragg name
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