 We all have heard the metaphor of likening the writing, amending, and passing of a major piece of legislation to “making the sausage”. Well, thanks to the work of a Democrat Congresswoman and two Republican colleagues, a most unappetizing ingredient to the forthcoming 2026 NDAA is being added to the mix. It was just August 6 when things went celebratory with the news that
As you know, it was Far Left Yankee nut case Senator Elizabeth Warren (aka Pocahantas) who fashioned and passed an amendment to the 2021 NDAA with the help of midwestern Republicans creating the “Naming Commission". Nowhere in the bill was the Army authorized to remove any monument. It has been reported that the restoration of the Reconciliation Monument will cost 10 million dollars.[2] Enter Representative Marilyn Strickland, Democrat, Washington State. Getting in front of Secretary Hegseth’s “reversal”, she cooked up, as a member of the Armed Services Committee an amendment to this year’s NDAA. Per her website[3]:
To this, I say spit on me once, shame on you. Spit on me twice and it’s war! Silence in this matter will not be golden. After all, the only folks who tear down monuments other than the U.S. are ISIS. Going on AI, I discovered that the vote in the committee to advance the amendment back in July was 28/29. It advanced as having bipartisan support due to the affirmative votes of Republican Representative Bacon of Nebraska and Representative Derek Schmidt. No surprise since Bacon who is retiring represents a district that voted for Harris las year. In a world upside down, a representative from a state that did not become a state until fourteen years after the War for Southern Independence has standing on matters of national history is absurd. These continued assaults on the good people of the South and those memorialized continues largely due to elected officials who are not mindful of the numerous polls of Americans of all stripes and backgrounds as to their views on the matter. Since the topic of removal of Confederate memorials where first polled to the most recent in June 2024 during the presidential election season, the majority have always supported a hands-off policy. [4]. Know this and that as we go to war on this issue, we can take these polls to the bank. I urge everyone reading this post to share. I urge everyone reading this post to act by calling their Congressional Chef and tell them in no uncertain terms to kill Strictland’s Amendment. Notes 1. Defense leaders to return Confederate memorial to Arlington Cemetery, Military Times, August 6, 2025.
2. Restoration of Torn-Down Confederate Monument Will Cost $10 Million over 2 Years, Military Says, Military.com, August 7, 2025. 3. Strickland Delivers for Servicemembers, their Families, and the Future of the Services, July 16, 2025. 4. Public Religion Research Institute, Creating More Inclusive Public Spaces Two Years Later, June 18, 2024.
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