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Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) on Tuesday criticized a recently-introduced GOP bill that would rename Washington Dulles International Airport after former President Trump.

Donald Trump is facing 91 felony charges,” Connolly, whose district includes a portion of Dulles, said in a statement. “If Republicans want to name something after him, I’d suggest they find a federal prison.” 

Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pa.) introduced the bill Friday proposing to change the name of Dulles to “Donald J. Trump International Airport.” In a news release on the bill, he said the U.S. “has never been greater than under the leadership of President Donald J. Trump.”

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[–] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago

Read this in the waiting room of the doctor’s office, said “are you fucking shitting me?” loud enough the nurse in the back heard it. Victors will write history sir, not losers/frauds/rapists/insurrectionist/ orange skid marks. Can we PLEASE put the final nail in this coffin?

[–] Gregonar@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago

Yeah but federal prisons are profitable.

[–] Anamnesis@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

If you look up what the Dulles brothers actually did, you'd know that naming it after a comparatively petty criminal like Trump would actually be an upgrade.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

Behind the Bastards has a couple episodes about them, particularly John. Real piece of shit. From helping US companies take control of foreign countries for profit, to cheating on his wife proliferously, to being a huge Nazi sympathizer…he was a bastard.

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

OmG sLaMs!!11!

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 7 points 7 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) on Tuesday criticized a recently-introduced GOP bill that would rename Washington Dulles International Airport after former President Trump.

“Donald Trump is facing 91 felony charges,” Connolly, whose district includes a portion of Dulles, said in a statement.

Co-sponsors of the bill include GOP Reps. Mike Waltz (Fla.), Andy Ogles (Tenn.), Chuck Fleischmann (Tenn.), Paul Gosar (Ariz.), Troy Nehls (Texas) and Barry Moore (Ala.).

Connolly’s fellow Virginian, Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D), whose district also partially includes Dulles, also criticized the bill in a post on X, formerly called Twitter.

“This is just another in a long list of instances where extreme House Republicans have shown how unserious & delusional they are,” Wexton said Tuesday.

In an emailed statement to The Hill, Gosar said he “can see no more fitting recognition than naming both airports in our nation’s capital after two of America’s best presidents.”


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[–] Binthinkin@kbin.social 7 points 7 months ago

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[–] quicklime@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago

I'm still angry that the naming of a large sewage treatment plant in San Francisco after George W. Bush didn't stick.

[–] wafflez@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago
[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago