..Pete probably meant the hate morale. Never seen anything so stupid

. Explains why when I was at the Trump rally, it's pretty much all White all the time

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Hegseth says renaming military bases after Civil War soldiers who fought for slavery is ‘important for morale’
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth believes that renaming American military bases after Confederate traitors who fought for slavery is "important for morale"
Pete Hegseth, the current Secretary of Defense, has publicly stated that renaming military bases after Confederate soldiers is "important for morale". This statement was made during his testimony to the Senate Armed Services committee. He argued that returning the names to their original Confederate designations is important for the morale of the Army and the communities where the bases are located, and that it isn't "erasing names" but rather restoring a connection that service members and veterans have with those places. This decision reverses a previous Congressional mandate from 2021 that required the removal of Confederate names from military bases.