Democratic congressmen unveil bill to rename a federal prison after Trump
Last edited Fri Apr 5, 2024, 02:43 PM - Edit history (2)
Source: NBC News
By Sahil Kapur and Dareh Gregorian
April 5, 2024, 10:48 AM PDT
WASHINGTON -- Three Democratic congressmen unveiled legislation Friday to rename a federal prison in Miami after former President Donald Trump. The bill, offered by Reps. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., and John Garamendi, D-Calif., comes in response to a measure introduced by a group of House Republicans to rename Washington Dulles International Airport after Trump. The Democrats' bill would rename the Miami Federal Correctional Institution in Florida the "Donald J. Trump Federal Correctional Institution."
"When our Republican colleagues introduced their bill to rename Dulles after Donald Trump, I said the more fitting option would be to rename a federal prison," Connolly said in a statement. "I hope our Republican friends will join us in bestowing upon Donald J. Trump the only honor he truly deserves."
Trump is facing multiple federal criminal charges in Florida for allegedly mishandling sensitive government, including willful retention of national defense information, false statements and representations, conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding a document or record and corruptly concealing a document. He has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting a new trial date in that case.
Trump is also facing state criminal charges in New York, where he's been accused of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels in the closing days of the 2016 presidential election. He's pleaded not guilty in that case, which is scheduled to begin jury selection on April 15.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/democratic-congressmen-unveil-bill-rename-federal-prison-trump-rcna146588
Bigly deserved honor for him.
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PDF link: https://connolly.house.gov/uploadedfiles/miami_prison.pdf
elleng
(131,598 posts)IcyPeas
(21,966 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(146,202 posts)AllaN01Bear
(19,039 posts)now put him there .
Hikerchick57
(120 posts)BlueKota
(1,890 posts)CTyankee
(63,942 posts)spudspud
(512 posts)Well played.
NNadir
(33,621 posts)When one sees an ugly clown, laughter is the appropriate response.
BumRushDaShow
(130,368 posts)Should be done by "unanimous consent".
Oopsie Daisy
(2,919 posts)DENVERPOPS
(8,954 posts)Sorry, but I have to say, don't these Dem politicians have enough to do, considering the nightmare we are involved in presently???
Sure, it's funny, but it's ALL HANDS ON DECK, right now, or should be...........
GenThePerservering
(1,915 posts)DENVERPOPS
(8,954 posts)Okay........................
I often use the medical term perseverating, and the word persevering....but what is Perservering???????
this was a joke. Sorry dems, you have better things to do. For one thing pressure Biden to get rid of Dejoy.
SupportSanity
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sop
(10,358 posts)That's where they keep Old Sparky, the electric chair.
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