Finally an official response.

C.I.R. Press Editorial

WASHINGTON D.C. – There is a smile on my face and SF is getting what they deserve, and I mean it. Obviously this ship realized they were headed to SF and decided to make a U-Turn. The official response:

"Retired Marine Corps Maj. Gen. J. Michael Myatt, chairman of a high-powered committee that was to support a commissioning ceremony for the Makin Island, said he has been informed that the ship would not be commissioned in San Francisco, as scheduled, but in San Diego.

"Myatt said he had been told that the Navy was concerned about San Francisco's refusal to provide a homeport for the retired battleship Iowa, which would be turned into a museum, and for the city school board's decision to abolish junior ROTC training in San Francisco high schools.

"One of the factors that turned the Pentagon against San Francisco, he said, was widely quoted anti-military remarks made by various city politicians. Some of the remarks got considerable attention, especially ones made by Gerardo Sandoval, a member of the Board of Supervisors, who was quoted on national television as saying national defense should be left to 'the cops and the Coast Guard.'''

-md

(H/T Hotair)
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