‘His remarkable accomplishments deserve the highest recognition and honor on this iconic national monument,’ a Florida lawmaker said when introducing a bill to add Trump’s face to Mount Rushmore. ‘Let’s get carving!’. Making President Donald Trump’s birthday a national holiday, carving his face on Mount Rushmore, and renaming a Washington, D.C. airport after him are just some of the legislative changes that Republicans are pushing to honor the 45th and 47th president.
“It’s an opportunity for us to show the country that Congress supports the president,” Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles told the newspaper. That same week, Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna introduced a bill to put President Trump's face on Mount Rushmore.
Three days after his second inauguration, North Carolina Rep. Addison McDowell introduced a bill that would rename Virginia’s Dulles International Airport, a travel hub in the D.C. area, as Donald J. Trump International Airport. Meanwhile, New York Rep. Claudia Tenney earlier this month introduced a bill to make Trump’s birthday, June 14, a national holiday. Flag Day happens to be the same day, so her legislation proposes to “permanently codify a new federal holiday called ‘Trump’s Birthday and Flag Day’ on June 14 to honor this historic day.”.
Republicans appear to be pushing the legislation bills to emphasize their obsequious loyalty to Trump. Democrats think the bills signal desperation. “At this point, House Republicans should stop filing these desperate, pointless bills that do nothing to bring down the cost of rent or groceries, and just rent one of Elon’s rockets to write ‘Love me Donny’ in the sky in front of Mar-a-Lago,” Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett told the Journal. “It would be faster.”.
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