House Republicans Propose Resolution To Rename Washington Dulles International Airport After Trump

 

A bill introduced by Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) seeks to rename Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia to “Donald J. Trump International Airport.”

On March 29th, Rep. Reschenthaler introduced  H.R. 7845, which aims “To designate the Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia as the Donald J. Trump International Airport.”

The bill currently has six co-sponsors, which include:

Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX)
Rep. Charles Fleischmann (R-TN)
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ)
Rep. Barry Moore (AL-R)
Rep. Andrew Ogles (R-TN)
Rep. Michael Waltz (FL-R)

Washington Dulles International Airport is named after the late Secretary of State under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, John Foster Dulles, the brother of former Deputy Director of the CIA Allen Dulles. 

Washington Dulles To Be Renamed Donald Trump Airport Under New Proposal https://t.co/0M3H65LoLu

— Grace Chong (@gc22gc) April 2, 2024

Per Newsweek:

A group of House Republicans are lobbying to rename a Washington D.C. airport after Donald Trump.

A bill led by Guy Reschenthaler, the House Republicans chief deputy whip, calls for Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia to be renamed The Donald J. Trump International Airport.

In 2021, a 20-mile stretch of U.S. 287 from Boise City, Oklahoma, to the Oklahoma-Texas border was named after President Trump.

The bill proposes to name the section of State Highway 287 beginning at the limits of Boise City extending southeast to the Oklahoma-Texas border in Cimarron County be designated as the “President Donald J. Trump Highway.”https://t.co/f1tqhRfOdO

— KTXS News (@KTXS_News) April 26, 2021

The road was named for Trump after Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed legislation aiming to name the 20-mile stretch after Trump into law.

In 2022, the Lyon County, Nevada, Justice Complex was renamed their complex to “The Donald J. Trump Justice Complex.”