MTG vows to introduce bill on Gulf of Mexico ‘ASAP’ as House Republicans start using new name
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Marjorie Taylor Greene says new legislation ‘is important to begin funding the changing of maps for all agencies within the federal government’. Georgia GOP firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene has promised to introduce a bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America as soon as possible.
“President @realDonaldTrump’s second term is off to a GREAT start. I’ll be introducing legislation ASAP to officially change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to its rightful name, the Gulf of America!” she wrote. Trump appeared at a press conference Tuesday where he floated the name change, while blasting Mexico for supposedly taking advantage of the U.S. on trade and immigration.
“We’re going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America,” he said. “What a beautiful name. And it’s appropriate…And Mexico has to stop allowing millions of people to pour into our country.”. He claimed that Mexico “can stop them and we’re going to put very serious tariffs on Mexico and Canada because Canada, they come through Canada, too.”“I’ve directed my staff to immediately begin drafting legislation to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America,” Greene continued. “This is important to begin funding the changing of maps for all agencies within the federal government, like the FAA and the military.”.
Some House Republicans have already started using the new name. “The Gulf of Mexico, or Gulf of America … I’ve spent some of my best days on that water,” Georgia Rep. Austin Scott said on Fox Business. “I don’t think the name of it is as important as how we’re going to handle the law enforcement in that area.”.
