House votes to make Trump Gulf of America name change permanent

[mystery-ak]

Is this all they have to do..isn't there more pressing matters than this????

House votes to make Trump Gulf of America name change permanent
Trump ally Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced the bill mirroring President Donald Trump's EO
By Elizabeth Elkind , Deirdre Heavey Fox News
Published May 8, 2025 10:45am EDT

The House of Representatives voted 211-206 to make President Donald Trump's name change for the Gulf of America permanent on Thursday morning.

No Democrats voted for the bill, as was expected. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., was the only Republican to vote against the bill.

The legislation was led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., a vocal ally of Trump's in Congress.

"This is such an important thing to do for the American people. The American people deserve pride in their country, and they deserve pride in the waters that we own, that we protect with our military and our Coast Guard and all of the businesses that prosper along these waters," Greene said during debate on the bill.

"But Democrats today are outraged. They're outraged because they love the cartels more than any other people in the world, more than the American people."

Democratic lawmakers, meanwhile, panned the legislation as a waste of time.

"Republicans think this juvenile legislation is the best use of this House's time. This is the only work we're doing today, folks," Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said in his rebuttal to Greene.

"What a sick joke this is. Republicans worry about 400-year-old words on a map. I worry about families and every community in America that's struggling to get by."

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[cato potatoe]

They can agree on this humiliating loyalty test, but not on anything which actually determined the most recent election.

[MeganC]

Is this all they have to do..isn't there more pressing matters than this????

Names matter. Names are our history and our culture.

The last few decades have seen the left waging war on our history and culture by erasing the names and images of Americans from the past.

It is important to push back at this Orwellian bullshit.

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1920504477779398852

[roamer_1]

Is this all they have to do..isn't there more pressing matters than this????

Names matter. Names are our history and our culture.

The last few decades have seen the left waging war on our history and culture by erasing the names and images of Americans from the past.

It is important to push back at this Orwellian bullshit.

That's right. And I agree.

But it's the Gulf of Mexico, and always has been the Gulf of Mexico. So who is being Orwellian now?

[MeganC]

That's right. And I agree.

But it's the Gulf of Mexico, and always has been the Gulf of Mexico. So who is being Orwellian now?

Most of that water is between Texas and Florida. Calling it the Gulf of Mexico is then a misnomer.

[roamer_1]

Most of that water is between Texas and Florida. Calling it the Gulf of Mexico is then a misnomer.

Still, that has been its name, since the earliest cartography.

And likely, everywhere but here, it will remain its name, because that IS its name.

I am pointing it out because it is no better than what the liberals do And in this act, one becomes THE SAME as the liberals... Changing a long and storied name for political advantage. It's the same damnable thing.

Now, if he want to change things, then change things BACK... There's a whole list of place names a mile long that could be restored to their own historical name... There's statues by the dozen to put back. There's the Ten Commandments to put back in front of every courthouse. There's so many his wrist would get sore for all the EOs.

But this is new, and international. And every bit as absurd as liberals. When you have become your enemy, you'd better stop and rejigger.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

This is like dumber than "freedom fries" level.

Humiliation loyalty test is right.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Most of that water is between Texas and Florida. Calling it the Gulf of Mexico is then a misnomer.

Most of the water lays upon the surface of the ocean, which is owned by nobody.

Indian Ocean, is barely bordered by India. Same situation.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

The worst thing about this is that in pursuing this stupidity, GOP actually lost moral ground to Dems, who truly started this.

Instead of changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico, why didn't Trump rename Mt. Denali back to Mt. Mckinley?. In doing so, Trump would've forced Dem's to defend their own stupidity, put them on the defensive.

GOPers are truly too stupid to play chess it seems.

[berdie]

This leaves me shaking my head. Of all of the EOs that could be codified, that need to be, they choose this???

[Wingnut]

Very nice.  Gives the haters a reason to live.