US House approves ‘dumb’ legislation renaming Gulf of Mexico ‘Gulf of America’

Measure passes nearly along party lines, with all Democrats opposed and almost every Republican voting in favor

Republicans in the House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation to codify Donald Trump's policy of renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America".

The measure was sponsored by rightwing Georgia lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene and passed nearly along party lines, with all Democrats opposed and almost every Republican, with the exception of vulnerable Nebraska representative Don Bacon, voting in favor.