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riversedge

(75,145 posts)
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 09:46 AM Apr 10

'Gulf of Ignorance': Bombardment of wisecracks derails @MTG law hearing

lordy lordy!! Marjorie actually put into the bill that OTHER contries use Trumps gulf of America also!!


'Gulf of Ignorance': Bombardment of wisecracks derails MTG law hearing


https://www.rawstory.com/gulf-of-america-2671729454/

Story by Matthew Chapman • 16h • 2 min read


Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), after months of irritation that other countries won't follow President Donald Trump's order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America," has introduced congressional legislation that would formalize the change and require other countries use the name as well.

But at a House Natural Resources Committee hearing marking up her bill, Democrats ridiculed the situation by forcing votes on amendment after amendment on a raft of possible odd names for the gulf, Politico reported on Wednesday.

"One amendment would have renamed the Gulf of Mexico the 'Gulf of Ignorance.' Another would have dubbed it the 'Gulf of Helene,' after a major hurricane that wreaked havoc off the coast of Florida last year," reported Ben Jacobs. "In a similar vein, Democrats threw out calling it the 'Gulf of American Should Rejoin The Paris Accord' — the global emissions reduction pledge from which Trump has on two separate occasions withdrawn the United States."

Perhaps the grandest attempt to troll House Republicans came from ranking member Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA), who introduced an amendment to rename the entire planet Earth to "Donald Trump." “Let’s skate to where the puck is going,” said Huffman, adding that the amendment would be an opportunity for Republicans to “show how mindlessly cultish you are.”

Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-AR) criticized Huffman over this amendment, saying it was not relevant to the proceedings since it didn't involve renaming the Gulf of Mexico — a point Huffman conceded......................










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'Gulf of Ignorance': Bombardment of wisecracks derails @MTG law hearing (Original Post) riversedge Apr 10 OP
Or what, Marge? tanyev Apr 10 #1
"We's jes' gonna invade thim! Cuz what else we got this big, dang military fer?" Aristus Apr 10 #3
With all of the important stuff needing addressing, this is what Republicans choose to waste time on pursuing. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 10 #2

tanyev

(46,159 posts)
1. Or what, Marge?
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 09:58 AM
Apr 10

How do we enforce other sovereign countries calling the Gulf of Mexico something Donald Trump randomly pulled out of his ample posterior?

Aristus

(69,710 posts)
3. "We's jes' gonna invade thim! Cuz what else we got this big, dang military fer?"
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 04:48 PM
Apr 10

What do you bet?

OAITW r.2.0

(30,041 posts)
2. With all of the important stuff needing addressing, this is what Republicans choose to waste time on pursuing.
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 10:04 AM
Apr 10
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