Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene took to social media to demand that Congress use "force" in renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) pissed. Although President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday directing the federal government change the name, it doesn’t appear as if Britain will follow suit.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has vowed that the U.S. will “force” other countries to adopt President Donald Trump’s new title for the Gulf of Mexico after the United Kingdom indicated it was not on board with the name change.
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) started using the term “Gulf of America” to refer to the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, one day after President Trump signed an executive order setting in motion the
Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) lashed out at the United Kingdom after officials clarified that the Gulf of Mexico would not be labeled "Gulf of America" on British maps. The Telegraph reported Thursday that "Britain will continue to call the body of water by its current name unless the new title ordered by Mr Trump gains widespread usage in English.
On President Donald Trump's Inauguration Day, Governor Ron DeSantis made Florida the first state to reference the "Gulf of America" in an executive order when he issued a state of emergency due to cold weather.
President Trump proposed renaming the Gulf of Mexico. (Video: Library of Congress; C-SPAN; Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo; Library of Congress; C-SPAN; WKRG; A24)
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has introduced a bill to officially rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,”
Memo to Congressional member Marjorie Taylor Greene. Now that you’ve introduced a bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America, perhaps you’d like to entertain — an appropriate verb if there ever was one — an amendment to change the name of the Sea of Cortez.
Long before Trump expressed interest in a name change, conquerors have battled to claim the wealth of its rich waters.
An Alabama congressman is throwing his support behind President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to rename the Gulf of Mexico, which has held the name for more than 400 years.
Among the first executive orders signed by President Trump was an order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America."