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President Donald Trump recently vetoed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and the U.S. House then overrode his veto.

Iowa’s Fourth Congressional District Representative Steve King says Trump had two issues with the bill that caused him to veto it. The first is stripping out language that would allow to rename military bases that recognized Confederate leaders, which King supports.

“It’s a piece of our history and the people that have trained and served out of those bases take pride in being from those bases, as part of the legacy of our military. Far more than its the legacy of the past that supported slavery.”

King says another issue Trump had with the bill was liability protection in Section 230 of the federal code.

“That gives liability protection to companies like the New York Times, or Google and Facebook. They can print whatever they want to print, say whatever they want to say, and whatever damage they do, they’re not held liable for because they have specific liability protection in Section 230. That’s tearing our country apart, the misinformation and the quasi-monopolies on the big tech guy.”

Earlier this week when the House overrode Trump’s veto, it was the first time in Trump’s presidency that happened.