Summary

Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is pushing legislation to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, arguing the U.S. military and taxpayers secure the region, making it “our gulf.”

Greene shared the proposal text on social media, calling for federal agencies to adopt the name change.

She linked the renaming effort to combatting Mexican cartel activity in the Gulf.

Trump supported the name change in a 2024 executive order, but there has been no indication of international adoption, including by the UK.

  • @[email protected]
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    2 days ago

    It’s soo dumb.

    The “Gulf of Mexico” was named before the country was officially named Mexico. The “Gulf of America” was historically a gulf in eastern Russia.

    Both Mexico and USA are part of North America, so I suppose the name makes sense, but why do the republicans think it’s a patriotic thing for them? Why is New York named after a town in England? Why don’t they rename it to… “America” and change the name of he state to “America”

    • Canadian_anarchist
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      51 day ago

      While they’re Americanizing names, they might as well bring back Liberty Cabbage and Freedom Fries.

    • @[email protected]
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      61 day ago

      Henceforth all cities, states, towns and rivers will be called America. The United Americas of America.