By Molly Goddard
2:26am PDT, Mar 27, 2025
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Representative
Lauren Boebert presented a bold proposal.
During a Tuesday, March 25, legislative hearing, the Colorado Republican suggested Washington, D.C., be renamed the "District of America" as the public and other politicians make fun of President
Donald Trump's executive order to rechristen the "Gulf of Mexico" the "Gulf of America."
Join us to read about Boebert's idea to change things up in the capital…
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During the hearing to discuss the
Gulf of America Act to support Donald Trump's executive order, Lauren Boebert made it clear that trolling the action may not have been the smartest move.
"I would caution my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to refrain from making fun of the Gulf of America because next up may end up being the District of America that we are working on," she said.
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"So just, you know, keep the jokes at bay and maybe we'll just stick with the Gulf of America for now," Lauren Boebert advised her
colleagues.
After Donald Trump took office in January, he declared he would be giving the oceanic basin — as well as other famous monuments — a new moniker. "A short time from now, we are going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and we will restore the name of a great president,
William McKinley, to Mount McKinley, where it should be and where it belongs," he vowed in his inauguration speech.
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While the renaming of Washington, D.C., has yet to take place, Donald Trump has often slammed the area for its high
crime rate.
"We're cleaning up our city," the right-wing leader said during a recent speech at the Justice Department. "We're cleaning up this great capital and we're not going to have crime. And we're not going to stand for crime. And we're going to take the graffiti down. And we're already taking tents down there."
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Last month,
The Washington Post reported that Donald Trump would possibly sign another
executive order to help battle public safety and homeless encampments in Washington D.C.
"We hope that Mr. Trump is serious about being a good partner. We have not always seen executive orders that make sense. We have too many illegal guns in D.C. and we have to be able to stop that, if Donald Trump can help with that then that can be a positive step for the people of D.C." Shadow Senator
Paul Strauss explained in a statement.
