House GOP lawmakers introduce bill to rename Dulles Airport after Donald Trump

WASHINGTON — A group of House Republicans has introduced legislation to rename Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia after former President Donald Trump.

The bill, filed Friday, is sponsored by Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Pa., the chief deputy majority whip, and is co-sponsored by six other Republicans: Reps. Michael Waltz, of Florida; Andrew Ogles, of Tennessee; Chuck Fleischmann, of Tennessee; Paul Gosar, of Arizona; Barry Moore, of Alabama; and Troy Nehls, of Texas.

The measure says it would "designate the Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia as the 'Donald J. Trump International Airport.'"

It was referred to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for further consideration.

"Freedom. Prosperity. Strength. That’s what America stood for under the leadership of President Donald J. Trump — the best president of my lifetime," Reschenthaler wrote Tuesday in a post on X. "And that’s why I’m introducing legislation to rename Dulles as the Donald J. Trump International Airport."

Some House Democrats expressed disbelief over the move to rename the airport, 26 miles west of downtown Washington, D.C.

"This idea is ridiculous, but sadly real," Rep. Abigail Spanberger, who's running for governor of Virginia, wrote Tuesday in a post on X, adding that Congress instead should focus on reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration and passing foreign aid. "Yet this is what a Member of House Republican leadership focuses on — renaming Virginia’s Dulles airport after Trump."

Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., wrote in a thread on X Tuesday that one of Trump's first acts as president was "a racist Muslim ban that blocked permanent American residents from their own country." The congressman said he went to