“The names affixed to our military installations must honor the diverse heritage of leadership and sacrifice in our country’s history,” he said in a statement provided to POLITICO. “I fully support Senator [Elizabeth] Warren’s bipartisan effort to form a commission to rename Defense Department facilities named after Confederate leaders in the next three years, and look forward to implementing the commission’s work as president.”
A Biden campaign adviser also told POLITICO that Confederate flags “are absolutely unwelcome at our campaign’s events,” an issue that has resurfaced this week after NASCAR banned the flag from its races.
The Trump campaign did not respond to whether they would ban Confederate flags at the president’s rallies, which are scheduled to resume next week in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Some people have sported the stars and bars on t-shirts and flags at past rallies. The Trump campaign also did not respond to Biden’s statement, though the president weighed in on Twitter earlier this week.
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