Why it matters: It’s a display of the deference many congressional Republicans have forthe presumptive GOP presidential nominee.
Driving the news: The two-page bill seeks to rename the airport to the “Donald J. Trump International Airport” and require all government documents to refer to it as such.
- “Donald Trump is facing 91 felony charges. If Republicans want to name something after him, I’d suggest they find a federal prison,” said Rep. Gerry Connolly, a Democrat who represents part of Dulles.
- “If they name it after Trump, there could be continued round-trip service to Moscow,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.).
The other side: “I remember Republicans like those who wrote this bill hiding and giving mealy mouthed responses when asked about the suffering Trump’s Muslim ban caused,” Beyer said in a post on X.