If the ship is named after a Democrat, why are you on here whining about changing the ship's name?
.... Because he was a southern, white racist conservative from rural Mississippi who was
effusively praised by Ronald Reagan when he retired. He was replaced by southern, white racist conservative Trent Lott (R-MS), who was himself forced to resign in disgrace as Republican Senate Majority Leader ... because of his praise for -- you guessed it -- segregationist Democrat-turned-Republican Strom Thurmond.