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Maryam Khanum

Alaska Republicans Reject Trump Plan to Rename Mountain Honoring Indigenous People After Pro-Tariff President Who Never Visited Alaska

(Left) Lisa Murkowski (center) Dan Sullivan (right) Donald Trump (Credit: Alamy/AFP/Getty Images)

Alaska Republicans have offered resistance to President-elect Donald Trump's proposal to change the name of the highest mountain in North America, Denali, back to Mount McKinley.

At Turning Point USA's AmericaFest on Sunday, Trump spoke highly of former President William McKinley of Ohio, suggesting that the name of the mountain be reverted to what it once was in order to honor him, reported Anchorage Daily News.

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