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Tom of Temecula

(1,632 posts)
Tue Apr 2, 2024, 08:20 AM Apr 2024

7 House Republicans Reach New Level of Sucking Up to Trump By Introducing Bill to Name DC's Airport After Him

In the race among Republicans to suck up to former President Donald Trump, seven GOP members of Congress are bidding to take the lead.

Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) has introduced a bill — along with six co-sponsors — to rename Washington’s Dulles Airport the “Donald J. Trump International Airport.” Reps. Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Barry Moore (R-AL), Troy Nehls (R-TX), Andy Ogles (R-TN) and Michael Waltz (R-FL) have all signed on.

In an interview with Fox News Digital, Reschenthaler made his case for why the airport should be renamed. “In my lifetime, our nation has never been greater than under the leadership of President Donald J. Trump,” Reschenthaler said. “As millions of domestic and international travelers fly through the airport, there is no better symbol of freedom, prosperity and strength than hearing ‘Welcome to Trump International Airport’ as they land on American soil.”

The bill has no shot to pass the Democratic-controlled Senate, but a House vote could potentially force some swing-district GOP members into an awkward show of loyalty to the former president.

https://www.mediaite.com/news/7-house-republicans-reach-new-level-of-sucking-up-to-trump-by-introducing-bill-to-name-dcs-airport-after-him/

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7 House Republicans Reach New Level of Sucking Up to Trump By Introducing Bill to Name DC's Airport After Him (Original Post) Tom of Temecula Apr 2024 OP
Selling Bibles at the airports.... underpants Apr 2024 #1
👏👏👏👏👏👏 Traildogbob Apr 2024 #8
Give me an F'ing break. Who in their right mind would even consider such a profanity? Fla Dem Apr 2024 #2
Dulles is so much easier to say than . . . P01135809 TheBlackAdder Apr 2024 #34
JFC SledDriver Apr 2024 #3
Having a cell named after PZero in a supermax is enough of a tribute. n/t Hugin Apr 2024 #4
Next up: PCIntern Apr 2024 #5
I would never, ever, ever, ever fly in or out of an airport named after Donald Trump. tanyev Apr 2024 #6
They're going to name the airport Sphincter-mouth? Midnight Writer Apr 2024 #7
Might I suggest a port-a-potty instead marmar Apr 2024 #9
That airport that's been around since the Revolutionary War? Liberal In Texas Apr 2024 #10
Democrats should introduce legislation to change National HAB911 Apr 2024 #11
Good idea, I've never been able to utter the repug name. I still call it National. Liberal In Texas Apr 2024 #28
Eh... Not as bad as... Shipwack Apr 2024 #12
Yeah, name it after a guy who bought an airline (Eastern Shuttle) based there and then went broke Stinky The Clown Apr 2024 #14
OFerKrissakes. I was pissed when they named it for St. Ronnie. My flights always felt better when . . . . Stinky The Clown Apr 2024 #13
It is Dulles they want to rename. No way, but I would agree Dulles does not deserve the "honor" either. hlthe2b Apr 2024 #16
Oooops! Stinky The Clown Apr 2024 #23
Absolutely. They should rename Dulles airport. Caliman73 Apr 2024 #27
Yeah, right. I still refuse to call Washington National anything other than that... (after Reagan? No way) hlthe2b Apr 2024 #15
same here DFW Apr 2024 #17
Agree. I still call it "National." NM Grins Apr 2024 #21
When I travel to and from DC musette_sf Apr 2024 #31
Oh for fuck's sake.... NT Happy Hoosier Apr 2024 #18
In my lifetime, the nation has never been more of a laughingstock or a danger to its own citizens..... DFW Apr 2024 #19
I heard Washington-National is named after some asshole bif Apr 2024 #20
Rename Rikers Prison in his honor. Emile Apr 2024 #22
Isn't there a little rule about not naming things after living former niyad Apr 2024 #24
For coins they have to be dead Polybius Apr 2024 #25
Thank you for the clarification. niyad Apr 2024 #26
Oh, Yuck, NO! Bad enough they renamed the other one! electric_blue68 Apr 2024 #29
It is my burden in life to admit that this man (Reschenthaler) is my congressman. blue neen Apr 2024 #30
Aren't such things only named after dead people? Silent3 Apr 2024 #32
stupidest IDEA in the entire world of stupid things... YoshidaYui Apr 2024 #33
My congresscritter in one of these idiots LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2024 #35

Traildogbob

(10,494 posts)
8. 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Tue Apr 2, 2024, 09:07 AM
Apr 2024

Greatest response post this year. Bravo!!
Completely forgot this song. By days end I will be playing it and it’ll be added to all the others I perform and cherish.
My fellow sailers and I on mid night watch in CIC would drink tons of nasty coffee and sing this to the outside lookouts on the M1C.
After 50+ hours of zero bogies on any scope surface or air, ya gotta do something to stay awake in a dark as hell CIC on 12 hour shifts.

PCIntern

(27,158 posts)
5. Next up:
Tue Apr 2, 2024, 08:49 AM
Apr 2024

All Americans will be required to use Trump as their children’s middle name. The only exception allowable would be “The Donald”.

WTAF is going on? Not that I was a fan of the Dulles brothers.

tanyev

(45,216 posts)
6. I would never, ever, ever, ever fly in or out of an airport named after Donald Trump.
Tue Apr 2, 2024, 08:56 AM
Apr 2024

Wouldn't even want to drive anywhere near it.

Liberal In Texas

(14,828 posts)
10. That airport that's been around since the Revolutionary War?
Tue Apr 2, 2024, 09:14 AM
Apr 2024

Seriously, what a stupid stupid proposal. But hardly unexpected from this maga cult.

Shipwack

(2,423 posts)
12. Eh... Not as bad as...
Tue Apr 2, 2024, 09:20 AM
Apr 2024

... naming an airport after the President that broke the Air Traffic Controllers union.

Stinky The Clown

(68,495 posts)
14. Yeah, name it after a guy who bought an airline (Eastern Shuttle) based there and then went broke
Tue Apr 2, 2024, 09:25 AM
Apr 2024

Stinky The Clown

(68,495 posts)
13. OFerKrissakes. I was pissed when they named it for St. Ronnie. My flights always felt better when . . . .
Tue Apr 2, 2024, 09:23 AM
Apr 2024

. . . . it was Washington National Airport back in the Dark Ages. I used to fly the Eastern shuttle once or twice a week. Then wutsizname bought it, slapped his name on everything and promptly caused it to go broke. I switched to AMTRAK and never looked back. The Metroliner literally made it faster, door to door, to take the train than to fly.

Anyway, how 'bout we just go back to Washington National.

hlthe2b

(107,612 posts)
16. It is Dulles they want to rename. No way, but I would agree Dulles does not deserve the "honor" either.
Tue Apr 2, 2024, 09:38 AM
Apr 2024

Dulles was a monster--renaming the airport from one monster to another is hardly acceptable.

Caliman73

(11,767 posts)
27. Absolutely. They should rename Dulles airport.
Tue Apr 2, 2024, 11:25 AM
Apr 2024

This is a stupid stunt by idiot Republicans. Just like them fighting to keep the names of TRAITORS to the United States on military bases like Bragg and Lee.

They claim to "love" the United States, but diminish its reputation at every turn.

hlthe2b

(107,612 posts)
15. Yeah, right. I still refuse to call Washington National anything other than that... (after Reagan? No way)
Tue Apr 2, 2024, 09:35 AM
Apr 2024

DFW

(57,085 posts)
17. same here
Tue Apr 2, 2024, 09:40 AM
Apr 2024

Reagan hated DC and we hated him. Naming National after him was an act of pure cynicism and spite, and this stunt is ten times worse.

musette_sf

(10,342 posts)
31. When I travel to and from DC
Tue Apr 2, 2024, 07:09 PM
Apr 2024

the old school taxi drivers are extra nice to me when I ask to be taken to NATIONAL Airport. They immediately get why I make that distinction.

DFW

(57,085 posts)
19. In my lifetime, the nation has never been more of a laughingstock or a danger to its own citizens.....
Tue Apr 2, 2024, 09:45 AM
Apr 2024

......than under the presidency of Donald J. Trump. And after the (de facto) presidency of Dick Cheney, that is saying something.

A bigger, more cynical lie than Reschenthaler's shameful statement has rarely been spoken on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. I hope it receives the fierce blowback from Democratic House members that it deserves.

bif

(24,534 posts)
20. I heard Washington-National is named after some asshole
Tue Apr 2, 2024, 09:46 AM
Apr 2024

I absolutely refuse to refer to it by it's "new" name/

niyad

(121,908 posts)
24. Isn't there a little rule about not naming things after living former
Tue Apr 2, 2024, 10:59 AM
Apr 2024

presidents, or is that merely a custom?

Polybius

(19,024 posts)
25. For coins they have to be dead
Tue Apr 2, 2024, 11:11 AM
Apr 2024

For others, not so much. The USS Jimmy Carter is nuclear-powered submarine, commissioned in 2005.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Jimmy_Carter

The USS George H.W. Bush was commissioned in 2009. Bush died in 2018.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_George_H.W._Bush

blue neen

(12,440 posts)
30. It is my burden in life to admit that this man (Reschenthaler) is my congressman.
Tue Apr 2, 2024, 05:24 PM
Apr 2024

It's absolutely horrible because we have no chance of getting rid of him in this very Republican area. (PA-14).

YoshidaYui

(43,134 posts)
33. stupidest IDEA in the entire world of stupid things...
Tue Apr 2, 2024, 10:46 PM
Apr 2024

THE people who thought this up should be laughed at, and made embarrassed from sea to shiny sea.

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