Trump eyes military vote to put him over the top in North Carolina

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Trump eyes military vote to put him over the top in North Carolina
By
Jack Birle
October 4, 2024 9:25 pm
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Former President Donald Trump eyed the military vote while holding a town hall in the hotly contested swing state of North Carolina.

Trump’s town hall on Friday was held in Fayetteville, which is home to Fort Liberty, formerly known as Fort Bragg. During the event moderated by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Trump took questions from various veterans and military families.

The former president renewed several vows about how he seeks to improve the military if elected in November. One of his promises for a second term was a local appeal to North Carolina.

When taking a question from a soldier about Trump’s plan for an Iron Dome air defense system for the United States, the man referred to the base as Fort Liberty, garnering boos from the crowd. Luna helped the soldier out by suggesting he meant to refer to the base by its former name. Trump then vowed to rename the fort to its prior name.

“I think I just learned the secret to winning absolutely and by massive margins. I’m going to promise to you, as I said at the beginning, that we’re gonna change the name back to Fort ‘Bragg’ because I think when that word gets out, I just see — look when this great soldier accidentally said Fort ‘Liberty’ and he almost got booed the hell out of the place,” Trump said.

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Trump’s town hall on Friday was held in Fayetteville, which is home to Fort Liberty, formerly known as Fort Bragg.

Trump pledges to revert Fort Liberty to Confederate general name
By Rachael Riley, The Fayetteville Observer, reprinted at Navy Times
Oct 7, 2024, 06:00 PM

In his first visit to Fayetteville in his bid to seek another term in the White House, former President Donald Trump told a crowd of more than 5,000 at the Crown Arena on Friday night that he would restore the name of the world’s most populated U.S. military installation.

Formerly known as Fort Bragg and named after Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg, the home of the Army airborne and Special Forces was renamed Fort Liberty last June.

“We did win two world wars from Fort Bragg. … So, this is no time to be changing names. … We’re going to do everything we can to get it back. We’re going to bring our country back,” Trump told the crowd that roared with applause and chanted, “Fight, fight, fight!” ...