![]() After Ney's resignation as Chairman in 2006, the change of name in congressional cafeterias was reverted.īackground French war-opposition Īfter the September 11 attacks by Al-Qaeda and the declaration of a " War on Terror" by President George W. Although some restaurants around the nation adopted the renaming, the term became unpopular, in part due to decreasing popularity of the Iraq War. The political renaming occurred in context of France's opposition to the proposed invasion of Iraq. ![]() The term was created in February 2003 in a North Carolina restaurant, and was widely publicized a month later when the then Republican Chairman of the Committee on House Administration, Bob Ney, renamed the menu item in three Congressional cafeterias. Menu from a Congressional cafeteria featuring freedom friesįreedom fries was a politically motivated renaming of french fries in the United States. No matter how strange it may seem today, given that freedom fries were once actually a thing - at least in the halls of Congress - we rate this claim "True.Politically-motivated euphemism for French fries, US Ironically, Jones later changed his stance on freedom fries because he regretted his support for the Iraq war, eventually becoming one of its loudest critics. According to the Pew Research Center, around 60% of Americans held an unfavorable opinion of France in 2003, but a Gallup poll in the same year also found that majority of Americans thought replacing the adjective "french" with "freedom" was a "silly idea." In 2006, Congress quietly changed the name of the food product back to french fries, but anti-French sentiment had grown in the U.S. "That's completely ludicrous to me," he said. The name change was criticized by one young man in a House cafeteria. Watching France's self-serving politics of passive aggression in this effort has discouraged me more than I can say." "As I've watched these men and women wave good-bye to their loved ones, I am reminded of the deep love they have for the freedom of this nation and their desire to fight for the freedom of those who are oppressed overseas. ![]() "I represent a district with multiple military bases that have deployed thousands of troops," Jones said in a statement. Jones said he was following the example of a local restaurant owner in his North Carolina district. ![]() followed suit.ĬNN reported the french fry story in 2003 and also pointed out that “french toast” would henceforth be known as “freedom toast”: At a Capitol Hill cafeteria, journalists watched as Ney and Jones, who did not eat fries himself, held up a plaque that read, “***Update*** Now Serving. What was envisioned as a “ lighthearted gesture” in a small ceremony by the representatives involved became a media sensation. Bob Ney, who was House Administration Committee chairman and thus in charge of congressional cafeterias, that french fries be renamed “freedom fries” in the U.S. In 2003, when the United States was readying to go to war with Iraq - ostensibly vowing to destroy Iraqi weapons of mass destruction and end Saddam Hussein’s regime - France expressed its firm opposition to that action. What’s in a name? An international diplomatic scuffle, apparently. ![]()
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