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7. Alaska politicians question proposal to rename Denali

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Thu Jan 23, 2025, 12:02 AM

Jan 2025

By Iris Samuels
Updated: 5 minutes ago
Published: 10 minutes ago

JUNEAU — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy said Wednesday that he would seek out a conversation with President Donald Trump about his decision to rename Denali ...

The mountain was named after President William McKinley, an Ohioan who had never visited Alaska, until former President Barack Obama formally renamed it Denali in 2015, after decades of requests for the name change from Alaska leaders.

Alaska’s two Republican senators have both said they would prefer the mountain’s name to remain Denali. The state’s lone U.S. representative, also a Republican, has not taken a position on the topic ...

https://www.adn.com/politics/2025/01/22/alaska-politicians-question-trumps-proposal-to-rename-denali/

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McKinley had no connection to Alaska or Denali. So what is the story? [View all] struggle4progress Jan 2025 OP

Trump's laying the groundwork to have the mountain named after him. Irish_Dem Jan 2025 #1

Mt Lyin Cheatin Thievin Scumbag? struggle4progress Jan 2025 #5

You forgot rapist. Irish_Dem Jan 2025 #6

Life is so short and there are so many applicable labels struggle4progress Jan 2025 #12

True, you could spend an entire day writing up a list of Trump's crimes. Irish_Dem Jan 2025 #13

He has to die first Captain Zero Jan 2025 #20

More than two-to-one, Alaskans oppose reverting Denali to McKinley struggle4progress Jan 2025 #2

I don't know..... Lovie777 Jan 2025 #3

Native leaders call to preserve Denali name struggle4progress Jan 2025 #4

Alaska politicians question proposal to rename Denali struggle4progress Jan 2025 #7

Why rename cherished peak? struggle4progress Jan 2025 #8

Maybe Scump should learn how things turned out for McKinley. Hassler Jan 2025 #9

It was officially named a few years after McKinley was assassinated -- eppur_se_muova Jan 2025 #10

Even though Alaskans had been trying to change it from McKinley back to Denali KitFox Jan 2025 #11

I suggest a "compromise"--Mt. Gleason valleyrogue Jan 2025 #14

Racism malaise Jan 2025 #15

I'm pretty sure people in Alaska call it Denali regardless. Dulcinea Jan 2025 #16

Gross. ShazzieB Jan 2025 #17

McKinley was an old, wealthy, white guy. Paladin Jan 2025 #18

Obama made the name official. valleyrogue Jan 2025 #19

It probably would not have been named "McKinley" if he wasn't assassinated. LeftInTX Jan 2025 #21