Another Ohio Rep. Is ‘Furious’ About Mt. McKinley Name Change

UNITED STATES - JULY 10: Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, is interviewed by Roll Call in his Rayburn office, July 10, 2014. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images)
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Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) is angry at President Barack Obama’s decision to revert Mt. McKinley to its Alaska Native name.

According to an interview with the Washington Post on Monday night, Turner described himself and his constituents as “furious” and said he will be begin a “congressional effort for legislative action” when Congress returns form recess.

“The Ohio delegation certainly didn’t hear about this from the president,” Turner told the Post. “I’m certain he didn’t notify President McKinley’s descendants, who find this outrageous. Clearly this is a president who is not concerned with the deliberative process.”

He’s represented southwest Ohio since 2003.

Turner questioned Obama’s authority to revert the mountain to Denali, the name commonly used by Alaskans (including former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin).

“There are a number of avenues, all of which can be pursued,” Turner told the Post. “The question is whether the president even has the authority to do this.”

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  1. I can’t believe all these dicks are so butthurt over a name change that the people of Alaska wanted.

    Get the fuck over it.

  2. I’m furious that a mountain that everyone already calls Denali is no longer officially named after a President from my State that died 100 years ago and no one remembers!

  3. Avatar for wombat wombat says:

    “There are a number of avenues, all of which can be pursued,”- they can put it in the constitutional amendment that overturns Obamacare, outlaws Social Security & Medicare and gets us out of the United Nations etc etc…

  4. Cant wait to see the press conference with all the furious McKinley family members…

  5. “The question is whether the president even has the authority to do this.”

    If that’s the question, it’s already been answered. He does.
    Dumbass.

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