What's in a name? McKinley or Denali? | PJ Tatler: President Obama has created a controversy by renaming Mount McKinley back to its original Native American name Denali.
I suppose if I were an Ohioan, I wouldn’t be pleased either. You don’t like to see a native son dissed.
Speaker John Boehner seems a bit miffed:
“McKinley served our country with distinction during the Civil War as a member of the Army. He made a difference for his constituents and his state as a member of the House of Representatives and as Governor of the great state of Ohio,” the speaker said in a statement. “And he led this nation to prosperity and victory in the Spanish-American War as the 25th President of the United States. I’m deeply disappointed in this decision.”
Senator Portman isn’t pleased either:
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