A group of House Republicans wants to rename Washington Dulles International Airport after former President Trump.
“In my lifetime, our country has never been greater under the leadership of President Donald J. Trump,” said Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pennsylvania), the bill’s sponsor. said. Introduced on Friday To name the Virginia airport “Donald J. Trump International Airport” news release.
“With millions of domestic and international travelers using our airports, there is no greater symbol of freedom, prosperity and strength than hearing ‘Welcome to Trump International Airport’ as you land on American soil.” Schenthaler continued.
Dulles (named for former Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, who served in the Eisenhower administration) is located in Virginia, more than 40 miles west of central Washington, D.C., and is one of the three D.C.-area airports along with Reagan-Washington National Airport. It is one of the two major airports. as well as the Virginia Airport, and the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Maryland.
co-sponsor of the bill Republican Reps. Mike Walz (Florida), Andy Ogles (Tennessee), Chuck Fleischman (Tennessee), Paul Gosar (Arizona), Troy Neals (Texas), Barry・Includes Mr. Moore (Alabama).
It is unclear whether the bill, which was introduced by Trump as the likely Republican presidential candidate in November, will gain support in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, but it will be scrapped once it reaches the Democratic Senate. It will be.
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), whose district includes Dulles, criticized the bill in a Tuesday post on Platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
Connolly: “Donald Trump faces 91 felonies” was pointed out in his post. “I would suggest that if Republicans want to name a federal prison after him, they find a federal prison.”
Connolly’s fellow Virginian, Democratic Rep. Jennifer Wexton, whose district includes part of Dulles, also criticized the bill in her book. My X Post.
“This is just one in a long list of examples of how unscrupulous and delusional extreme House Republicans are,” Wexton said Tuesday. “Let’s address the real issues that brought us here, the American people, not renaming our airport after someone who tried to undermine our democracy.”
The Washington Metropolitan Area Airport Authority declined to comment when contacted by The Hill.
The Hill has reached out to the Trump campaign.
Updated at 3:57 p.m.
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