Looks like many Republicans would rather keep it named after a racist.
I assume Trump will oppose it and his cult will fall in line.
Today, I am circulating a letter with Senator Flake asking all of our colleagues if they’d be willing to join us in a resolution to officially rename the Russell Building the McCain Building.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) August 28, 2018
Richard Russell was a white supremacist who fought desegregation. It’s fitting to rename that building after John McCain, a man who actively resisted inciting racism when he ran against the first African-American presidential candidate. https://t.co/hTQnpFDKKk
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) August 26, 2018
NEW: GOP lawmakers pushing back against plan to rename Senate office building after McCain https://t.co/7bLPGMvpK9 pic.twitter.com/7Y9GImzm8A
— The Hill (@thehill) August 28, 2018
McConnell will honor McCain in the most McConnell way possible: killing a bipartisan idea by forming a commission that will go nowhere so that he can placate the base. https://t.co/2PukY9qgrd
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) August 28, 2018
Bipartisan support is building for a plan to rename the Russell Senate Office building for John McCain: https://t.co/oViEYEHTvW pic.twitter.com/RtIX4vy2X8
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 28, 2018
update
Sen. Schumer wants to rename the Russell Senate Office Building for John McCain. Who was Richard Russell? https://t.co/eSIYUCZh9n
— TIME (@TIME) August 28, 2018
Republicans don’t want Democrats to rename a building to honor John McCain. https://t.co/81zzINSZnb pic.twitter.com/nAv4Nw1ffg
— The New Republic (@newrepublic) August 28, 2018
Mitch McConnell said he'll convene a bipartisan “gang” of senators to determine how to honor Sen. John McCain, leaving in limbo a bipartisan bid to rename the upper chamber's Russell Office Building after the late Arizona Republican https://t.co/QJrJqhf6ry
— POLITICO (@politico) August 28, 2018
And it's the current position of many 2018 senators that such overt racist beliefs were simply another policy position, and not a question of morality https://t.co/eT7jWlvMQ1
— Astead (@AsteadWesley) August 29, 2018
McConnell will honor McCain in the most McConnell way possible: killing a bipartisan idea by forming a commission that will go nowhere so that he can placate the base. https://t.co/2PukY9qgrd
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) August 28, 2018
Sad! 