Wisconsin State Senator Dale Kooyenga didn’t mince his words on twitter last weekend, sharing this article in The Atlantic.
Agree in full. Time to rename bases named after Confederate Officers: https://t.co/4f7DBLtYgL
— Dale Kooyenga (@DaleKooyenga) June 21, 2020
“These are actually individuals who broke their oath to America,” said Sen. Kooyenga. “They created a new country and then in that new country they swore that America was their enemy because they wanted to preserve the institution of slavery.”
Kooyenga served as a major in the United States Army.
Listen to the senator’s entire conversation with John Mercure on Wisconsin’s Afternoon News Monday above.