U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Southeast Tennessee, is one of six co-sponsors of a bill circulating Capitol Hill that would award Donald Trump a place in history as the new namesake for Dulles International Airport.
The bill to rename the Virginia airport as Donald Trump International Airport comes after the former president has been the subject of four indictments and dozens of felony charges and remains the leading contender for the Republican nomination to challenge President Joe Biden. Angry Democrats decried the effort, identifying the bill as another indicator of Trump’s tightening authoritarian grip on the GOP.
U.S. Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., was quoted in the New York Daily News comparing Trump to North Korean Dictator Kim Jong Un.
“They know our airport will never be named after Trump,” Beyer said of the bill’s sponsors in a statement. “The point is to suck up to their Dear Leader.”