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Democrats in Southern California are moving to rename John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, citing offensive comments the legendary actor and director made decades earlier.<\/p>\n

The Orange County Democratic Party passed a resolution this week calling on Wayne<\/a>\u2019s name and likeness to be removed from the airport, The Los Angeles Times first reported<\/a> Saturday.<\/p>\n

Located roughly 40 miles southeast of Los Angeles, the former Orange County Airport would revert to its old name if local lawmakers approve the resolution as written.<\/p>\n

The resolution cites the recent nationwide push to rid the country of symbols, names and statues associated with white supremacy and racism, as well as some related comments Wayne<\/a> infamously said during an interview Playboy published in 1971.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe in white supremacy\u201d and \u201cI don\u2019t feel guilty about the fact that five or 10 generations ago these people were slaves,\u201d Wayne<\/a> was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Democratic Party of Orange County condemns John Wayne<\/a>\u2019s racist and bigoted statements, and calls for John Waynes\u2019 [sic] name and likeness to be removed from the Orange County airport, and calls on the OC Board of Supervisors to restore its original name: Orange County Airport,\u201d the resolution reads in part.<\/p>\n

Ada Brice\u00f1o, the chair of the Democratic Party of Orange County, told The Los Angeles Times that the resolution is not the first, but hopefully the last, attempt to rename the airport.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere have been past efforts to get this done and now we\u2019re putting our name and our backing into this to make sure there is a name change,\u201d said Ms. Brice\u00f1o, The Times reported.<\/p>\n

Wayne<\/a> starred in scores of films, most famously Westerns, during a lengthy career that included movies such as \u201cStagecoach\u201d in 1939 and \u201cThe Man Who Shot Liberty Valance\u201d in 1962.<\/p>\n

He died in 1979 at the age of 72, and the Ocean County Airport was renamed for him later that year. A 9-foot-tall statue of \u201cThe Duke\u201d was placed on the site in 1982.<\/p>\n

The Orange County Board of Supervisors is currently made up of five members, including four Republicans and a single Democrat. Supervisor Michelle Steel, a Republican, did not immediately return a message requesting comment.<\/p>\n

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