Stacey Abrams told: President Trump wouldn't rename military bases because he wants to hold up Confederate figures and others who engaged in what she called domestic terrorism.
"The View" co-host Joy Behar had asked Abrams about the White House's decision not to rename military bases named after Confederate figures. "Why is he doing that?" Behar asked. "We know he's appealing to his base. Is there any other reason why he would be doing something like that?" . @staceyabrams on Pres. Trump's refusal to rename military bases named after Confederate figures: "It's part of his narrative, to continue to lift up those who were strongmen, who used their domestic terrorism to rip our nation apart." https://t.co/ls9Uu3ab0c pic.twitter.com/DGdXk4vhmR — Heidi Heitkamp (@HeitkampHeidi) June 11, 2020 "It flows through how we run our elections, how we issue resources, it's part of how they treated the Census, and it's part of the resistance to acknowledging that this nation has a problem with systemic racism," she said. Her comments came amid ongoing protests surrounding George Floyd...