Lawmakers from northern Virginia and elsewhere scoffed at a plan launched by GOP colleagues to slap the twice-impeached, four-times-indicted president's identify on the major worldwide airport serving Washington, D.C.
“Donald Trump is dealing with 91 prison costs. If Republicans wish to identify one thing after him, I'd counsel they discover a federal jail,” Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly mentioned in an announcement.
Rep. Don Beyer (D-Virginia) mentioned the trouble to evaluate Trump displays his authoritarian management over the Republican Celebration, which he compared to that of North Korean strongman Kim Jong-un.
“They know our airport won’t ever be named after Trump,” Beyer mentioned. “The purpose is to soak up their Beloved Chief.”
of two-page bill introduced by Rep. Guy Reschenthalera Home GOP management member serving Pennsylvania's 14th district would formally rename Dulles to Donald J. Trump Worldwide Airport
“As thousands and thousands of individuals fly by the airport … there is no such thing as a higher image of freedom, prosperity and power than listening to 'Welcome to Trump Worldwide Airport' as they land on American soil,” Reschenthaler mentioned in an announcement.
Up to now, six right-wing GOP lawmakers have co-sponsored the invoice.
The invoice has nearly no probability of changing into regulation; it must go an evenly divided Home of Representatives and could be unlikely to get even a vote within the Democratic-led Senate. President Biden must signal the invoice even when it in some way handed Congress.
The Washington, DC space already has an airport named after a former Republican president. Former President Invoice Clinton signed a measure into regulation in 1998 naming Washington National Airport after Ronald Reagan.
Rep. Jennifer Wexton, a retired Democrat The Northern Virginia District includes Dullesmentioned the invoice reveals how “frivolous” Republicans are about ending jobs.
“Let's get to work on the true points the American folks despatched us right here for, not renaming an airport after somebody who sought to undermine our democracy,” Wexton mentioned.