FBI headquarters renamed because
According to Business Insider, Rep. Gerry Connolly of
Virginia said on Saturday that he wants the FBI headquarters building in Washington, D.C. to have Hoover’s name removed from it, highlighting Hoover’s racist and misogynistic behavior.
“I introduced [legislation] to form a national commission to rename the J. Edgar Hoover headquarters building,” Connolly said on MSNBC’s “The Cross Connection.” “We need to do this because frankly, J. Edgar Hoover was a maligned character in American history.” He says the building should be named “after somebody who deserves it.”
“I introduced [legislation] to form a national commission to rename the J. Edgar Hoover headquarters building,” he said on the show. “We need to do this because frankly, J. Edgar Hoover was a maligned character in American history.”