House Republican Wants Americans To Get Aboard This Bizarre Trump Idea
Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) said he's full steam ahead on legislation that would force Washington, D.C.'s Metro public transit agency — one of the largest of its kind in the country — to start boarding passengers on the 'Trump Train.'
Steube took to X, formerly Twitter, where he shared an AI-generated image of President Donald Trump in a conductor uniform next to a D.C. Metrorail train with WMAGA written on its side.
Steube criticized the transit agency for taking millions in federal funds only to churn out 'delays, dysfunction, and decay' before pointing to his newly-introduced bill which looks to block the agency's funding until it renames itself the 'Washington Metropolitan Authority for Greater Access.'
The legislation, a long shot effort, also requires the Metrorail — which services about 600,000 people daily — to be renamed the 'Trump train' in order for the agency to receive funding.
'Like any struggling institution, WMATA [the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority] needs a fresh identity that aligns with efficiency, service quality, and renewed public trust. These new names serve as a bold rallying point for much-needed reform,' said Steube in a press release.
Steube has previously been clowned for his efforts to rename U.S. coastal waterways after Trump while other GOP lawmakers have looked to kiss the president's ring by rolling out proposals to rename D.C.'s airport after him, to add his face to Mount Rushmore or to put him on a $250 bill.
Steube's proposal got swift pushback on social media including from Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), who declared that D.C.'s transit agency 'is not a vanity project for Donald Trump to steamroll' while emphasizing that the service is the 'backbone of our nation's capital.'
'When will House Republicans stop trying to suck up to Donald Trump and start focusing on lowering the cost of living?' he wrote.
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