Trump says he'll veto must-pass defense spending bill if it requires bases honoring Confederate generals be renamed

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Trump says he'll veto must-pass defense spending bill if it requires bases honoring Confederate generals be renamed
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President Donald Trump tweet issues his strongest veto threat yet on a must-pass defense spending bill should lawmakers not strip language requiring bases named after Confederate leaders be rechristened.

should lawmakers not strip language requiring bases named after Confederate leaders be rechristened.

However, Trump -- using an offensive nickname for Warren -- has now made the bill the latest flashpoint in his defense of monuments to the Confederacy and other racist leaders from the country's past as he attempts to distract from a new nationwide peak in coronavirus cases and his own plummeting poll numbers.

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