All Virginia Republican Members of Congress (Wittman, Kiggans, McGuire, Cline, Griffith) Vote to Rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America”

So obviously, the Trump administration and Republican Congress are doing MUCH worse things than this:

“The House has passed a Republican-led bill that would rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, moving a step closer to codifying President Donald Trump’s push to rename the body of water…Sponsored by Trump ally Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and backed by House GOP leadership, the bill would require federal agencies to update all maps and documents with the name Gulf of America.”

So yeah, this is bad, but in the grand scheme of things, it’s more stupid and crazy than anything. But it DOES illustrate how much of a cult of personality the Republican Party has become under their Dear Leader, Donald Trump. So today, they’re renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America.” And tomorrow? It will be …whatever Dear Leader says, no matter how stupid, ignorant, crazy, ridiculous, absurd, harmful, etc. it might be. I mean, why not rename New Mexico while we’re at it, to New America or whatever? Moronic, right? And yet, I bet the vast majority of Republicans would fall right in line, no matter how insane Trump’s latest whim happened to be. Invade Greenland or Canada? Sure why not, House Republicans will say! Let Trump run for a third term, ignore court rulings, etc? Again – sure, let’s do it, say House Republicans!

Anyway, in this case, only ONE Republican member of Congress – Don Bacon of Nebraska – voted no to rename the Gulf of Mexico, while ALL other Republicans (including all from Virginia) voted yes. So the next time you have a chance to vote in VA01, VA02, VA05, etc., make sure you do NOT vote for Rob Wittman, Jen Kiggans, John McGuire, etc. Because their pathetic votes to call the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” are just the tip of the (melting) iceberg, as they vote in lockstep with Trump (or simply allow him to get away with whatever he wants to do) to trash the federal government, destroy our democracy, run the most corrupt administration by FAR in American history, etc.

This is HILARIOUS and 100% spot-on by Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA10)!

so Republicans just passed a bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America… yeah, seriously. pic.twitter.com/sXLMu9llzc

— Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10) (@RepSuhas) May 8, 2025