A post shared on Facebook claims Democratic California Rep. Maxine Waters introduced a bill to change Memorial Day to “George Floyd Day.” Verdict: False There is no record of Waters introducing legislation to rename Memorial Day to “George Floyd Day.” Fact Check: A jury convicted former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in April of second-degree…
FACT CHECK: No, Maxine Waters Did Not Introduce A Bill To Rename Memorial Day ‘George Floyd Day’
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House Democrats Back Provision To Rename Confederate Bases in Three Years
November 22, 2020 by
November 20, 2020 9:16 PM ET House Democrats are supporting a Senate-backed provision stating that military bases named after Confederates would be renamed in three years. The House included a one-year deadline in their version of the bill, but agreed to a longer timeline as part of annual defense policy bill negotiations with the Senate,…