{"id":2387620,"date":"2025-01-07T19:16:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T00:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marjorie-taylor-greene-pens-gulf-of-america-bill-argues-its-our-gulf-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-07T19:16:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T00:16:41","slug":"marjorie-taylor-greene-pens-gulf-of-america-bill-argues-its-our-gulf-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marjorie-taylor-greene-pens-gulf-of-america-bill-argues-its-our-gulf-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Marjorie Taylor Greene pens \u2018Gulf of America\u2019 bill, argues \u2018It\u2019s our gulf\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmarjorie-taylor-greene-pens-gulf-of-america-bill-argues-its-our-gulf-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2387620&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Marjorie \u200bTaylor Greene (R-GA) recently\u200b introduced\u200b the &#8216;Gulf \u200bof America&#8217; bill,\u200b inspired by President-elect\u2062 Donald Trump&#8217;s proposal to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf\u200b of America. Greene \u2062emphasizes that the gulf is a significant American resource adn advocates for its renaming\u200b to reflect\u200c a patriotic sentiment. The\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">bill arises amid broader discussions<\/a>\u200c about \u2063national identity and ownership of natural landmarks. The proposal has sparked interest\u2064 and debate surrounding the implications \u200bof such\u200d a name\u2062 change.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Marjorie Taylor Greene pens &lsquo;Gulf of America&rsquo; bill, argues &lsquo;It&rsquo;s our gulf&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1929801\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Wednesday seized on President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> newly revealed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3278951\/trump-rename-gulf-of-mexico-gulf-of-america-mar-a-lago-press-conference\/\" title=\"\">wish to <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3278951\/trump-rename-gulf-of-mexico-gulf-of-america-mar-a-lago-press-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">rename<\/a> the Gulf of Mexico after America, arguing that the United States pays to protect it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s our gulf,&rdquo; she said in unveiling her two-page bill set to be introduced Thursday. &ldquo;The rightful name is the Gulf of America, and it&rsquo;s what the entire world should refer to it as.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>At a press conference earlier Tuesday, Trump announced his idea of changing the name to the Gulf of America, one of the many new initiatives he has offered since becoming the president-elect. Others include buying Greenland and making Canada the 51st state.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128680; READ MY STATEMENT &amp; BILL TEXT &#128680;<\/p>\n<p>Mexican cartels currently use the Gulf of Mexico to traffic humans, drugs, weapons, and God knows what else while the Mexican government allows them to do it.<\/p>\n<p>The American people are footing the bill to protect and secure the maritime&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m0Nh3a6vuq\">pic.twitter.com\/m0Nh3a6vuq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene&#127482;&#127480; (@RepMTG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1876756973644837111?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>In his comments, Trump suggested the renaming would be a reaction to Mexico allowing illegal immigrants to pass through and into the United States where the Biden administration has an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-all-political-desantis-slams-biden-for-allegedly-allowing-illegal-aliens-into-u-s-without-covid-test-while-considering-domestic-travel-restrictions\/\" title=\"\u2018This Is All Political\u2019: DeSantis Slams Biden For Allegedly Allowing Illegal Aliens Into U.S. Without COVID Test While Considering Domestic Travel Restrictions\">open border policy<\/a>. Trump ran on a platform of closing the border.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;What a beautiful name. And it&rsquo;s appropriate. It&rsquo;s appropriate. And Mexico has to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-hes-changing-the-name-of-the-gulf-of-mexico-to-the-gulf-of-america-its-ours\/\" title=\"Trump Announces He&#039;s Changing the Name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America: &#039;It&#039;s Ours&#039;\">stop allowing millions<\/a> of people to pour into our country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Greene argued that the U.S. should get the credit for keeping the Gulf open for navigation and trade.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The American people are footing the bill to protect and secure the maritime waterways for commerce to be conducted. Our U.S. armed forces protect the area from any military threats from foreign countries,&rdquo; said Greene, one of Trump&rsquo;s key lieutenants in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as Trump mused on the name change, Greene put her legislative team on it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We already have the bill written with legislative council and ready to file first thing Thursday morning. Congress has to take the Trump agenda mandate seriously and that means acting fast to enact it,&rdquo; she said on X.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She called it the &ldquo;Gulf of America Act of 2025.&rdquo; It would require the Commerce Department generally and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration specifically to lead the government wide renaming and change on maps and documents. They would have 180 days after Trump signs the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>The Gulf is a huge bay ringed by the U.S., Mexico, and Cuba. Both Mexico and the U.S. have the most coastline, though Mexico has a tiny bit more, 63 miles, 1,743 miles to 1,680.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1929801\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1929801\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marjorie Taylor Greene introduces &#8216;Gulf of America&#8217; bill, claiming it&#8217;s the U.S.&#8217;s gulf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2387621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/trump-Greene-Mexico-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[48062,4762,34653,32603,32076],"class_list":["post-2387620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-gulf-of-america","tag-legislation","tag-marjorie-taylor-greene","tag-political-news","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/trump-Greene-Mexico-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2387620"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2387624,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387620\/revisions\/2387624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2387621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2387620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2387620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2387620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}