Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) have put forward a bill to rename the Miami federal prison in honor of Donald Trump.
This was the response from the Democrats after House Republicans suggested naming the Dulles Airport after Trump:
Legislation says, “Any reference in any law, regulation, map, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the institution referred to in subsection (a) shall be considered to be a reference to the ‘‘Donald J. Trump Federal Correctional Institution”
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) April 5, 2024
The suggestion of naming the prison the Donald J. Trump Federal Correctional Institution has a nice ring to it. It might one day even house Trump himself.
House Republicans have pushed their admiration of Trump and efforts to downplay his criminal behavior to extreme levels. Everything they do is aimed at pleasing Trump and his supporters. To the rest of the country, renaming an airport after the least popular president in American history makes no sense. House Republicans as a whole seem out of touch with reality.
In the past, there have been attempts to nominate Trump for a Nobel Prize, which bothers him greatly since President Barack Obama has one and he does not. Republicans have also played with the idea of adding Donald Trump to Mount Rushmore or putting his face on US currency. However, the House Democrats believe that renaming the Miami federal prison is the right choice. There have been discussions about adding Donald Trump to Mount Rushmore, or putting his face on US money, but the House Democrats have the correct approach.
The appropriate place for Trump’s name and image is on a federal correctional facility.
