Mike Huckabee: Congress Should Block Obama’s Renaming Of Mt. McKinley

Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee looks on during an interview with The Associated Press in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015. Huckabee on Wednesday vowed to abandon key American policies in the Mideast... Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee looks on during an interview with The Associated Press in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015. Huckabee on Wednesday vowed to abandon key American policies in the Mideast if he is elected next year, endorsing positions that would put the U.S. at odds with its closest allies. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) MORE LESS
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Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Monday that Congress should step in to block President Obama’s decision to rename North America’s tallest peak.

Obama announced Sunday that he would change the name of Mt. McKinley to the Alaska Native name, Denali. A slew of Ohio Republicans, including Republican presidential candidate and Ohio Gov. John Kasich as well as House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) have expressed their disappointment in Obama’s decision.

On Monday, NewsmaxTV’s Steve Malzberg asked Huckabee for his thoughts on the name change.

“It’s amazing to me that the President would rename the nation’s tallest mountain after a GMC truck,” Huckabee said. “That’s pretty remarkable in it of itself.”

GMC has a truck called the Denali.

“Just kidding, of course, Steve, but the outrage is two fold: one that the President thinks he can do whatever he wants even renaming a national landmark,” Huckabee said during the phone interview. “I’m wondering what’s next. The renaming of the Washington monument to the Obama monument?”

“Where the heck is the Republican Congress that’s supposed to be a check and balance? I’d like to see them stand up and say he can’t do it,” Huckabee told Malzberg.

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  1. Huckabee is one stupid mofo.

  2. Or, maybe we could have Congress do something innovative like doing their eff’n’ job and forget this squabble over the name of a mountain that most people don’t know about or care about!

  3. Avatar for estamm estamm says:

    Or, maybe Obama could drop a deuce and call it the ‘Huckabee national monument’.

  4. Avatar for chammy chammy says:

    It is interesting to see how they all get in line behind with their outrage. If only democrats had that ability to stand behind and defend their president.

  5. If there wasn’t already a Mt. Kenya [2nd highest mountain in Africa after Mt. Kilimanjaro]…, well you see where I’m going here. The ensuing sheer chaos, mindless vituperation, and unintentional humor would be astoundingly satisfying.

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