EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Unveil New Bill To Rename Dulles Airport After Trump

House Republicans are moving forward with a new bid to rebrand one of the major airports in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area to take on the name of President Donald Trump, The Daily Wire can exclusively reveal.

Less than a week after Trump began his second term and declared that the “golden age of America” was beginning, freshman Rep. Addison McDowell (R-NC) unveiled a bill that would rename Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia as the Donald J. Trump International Airport.

“We have entered the golden age of America largely thanks to President Trump’s leadership,” McDowell said in a statement. “It is only right that the two airports servicing our nation’s capital are duly honored and respected by two of the best presidents to have the honor of serving our great nation.”

The bill, which can be seen here, is just two pages long.

In one provision, it says Dulles Airport “shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the ‘Donald J. Trump International Airport.'” And, in a second part, it says “any reference in any law, regulation, map, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the airport referred to” in the first provision “shall be considered to be a reference to the Donald J. Trump International Airport.”

Reps. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Riley Morre (R-WV), and Brian Jack (R-GA) are joining McDowell in introducing the legislation. Reschenthaler led a previous endeavor to rename Dulles Airport after Trump in the last Congress, but his virtually-identical bill did not get any further than being referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

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With Republicans now in control of both chambers of Congress and Trump serving as president, the legislation could fare better this time around.

“President Donald J. Trump, the greatest president of my lifetime, was just sworn into office for a second term after a historic landslide victory,” Reschenthaler declared in a statement. “This legislation will cement his status in our nation’s capital as our fearless commander-in-chief, extraordinary leader, and relentless champion for the American people.”

Dulles Airport, which celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2022, was named after Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, who served under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The last time Republicans moved to rename Dulles Airport after Trump, Democrats lashed out at the proposal.

“This idea is ridiculous, but sadly real,” now-former Rep. Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat running to become Virginia governor, said in a post to X. “Congress must act on pressing issues like reauthorizing the FAA and passing the national security supplemental. Yet this is what a Member of House Republican leadership focuses on — renaming Virginia’s Dulles airport after Trump.”

In anticipation of another political clash, McDowell quipped to The Daily Wire: “Democrats are all for changing genders — so why not change the name of an airport? Honoring President Trump’s legacy at Dulles is an easy decision. Democrats want to change the names of genders — Republicans want to honor real leadership, easy enough.”