Republican senator Lisa Murkowski has introduced legislation that would formally rename North America’s tallest peak as Denali — defying President Donald Trump’s recent executive order to call it Mount McKinley.
The Alaska mountain was named Mount McKinley in 1896 – the year William McKinley became the nation’s 25th president – even though he had never even visited the state. It was changed to Denali during the Obama administration in 2015 “in recognition of the traditions of Alaska Natives and the strong support of the people of Alaska.”
