Three House Democrats have introduced a bill to rename a Miami prison after former President Trump.
Introduced by Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.), and John Garamendi (D-California). law On Friday, the Miami Federal Correctional Facility in Florida will be renamed the Donald J. Trump Federal Correctional Facility.
“Donald J. Trump is the first former president in U.S. history to be criminally indicted on 88 charges in four separate criminal cases. MAGA Republicans are committed to solving real problems facing our country. It’s been proven that he doesn’t care,” Garamendi said. news release Things accompanying the announcement.
“I can think of no more fitting tribute to former President Donald J. Trump than to rename the federal prison closest to Mar-a-Lago in his honor.”
The bill follows an earlier proposal by Republican groups to rename Washington Dulles International Airport after the former president.
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pennsylvania), the sponsor of the airport renaming bill, said, “There is no greater freedom than hearing ‘Welcome to Trump International Airport’ as you land on American soil. There is nothing like a symbol of prosperity and strength.” ”
Connolly said in a news release that renaming a federal prison after the former president would be a “more appropriate option.”
“When my Republican colleagues introduced a bill to rename Dulles after Donald Trump, I said renaming a federal prison was a better option,” Connolly said. .
“There’s no reason to wait. Donald Trump faces nearly 100 felonies,” he continued. “He was responsible for sexual abuse and was later found guilty of defaming the victim of that abuse. He has been fined hundreds of millions of dollars in a civil fraud case. Mar. It is only fitting that the federal prison closest to Largo should be named after him.”
The former president faces 88 criminal charges in four separate indictments.
After leaving the White House in 2021, President Trump is facing charges in Florida for mishandling classified records and attempting to obstruct the government’s efforts to retrieve them.
The former president has been charged with election interference in federal courts in Georgia and Washington, D.C. He is also charged in a hush money lawsuit in New York for falsifying his business records.
“Everyone knows that President Trump loves to write his name in gold letters on every building,” Moskowitz said. “But he has never had his name on a federal building, and as a public servant, I just want to help the former president. Please help him realize his dream.”
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