Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) stated he’s full steam forward on legislation that may power Washington, D.C.’s Metro public transit company — one of many largest of its variety within the nation — to start out boarding passengers on the “Trump Prepare.”
Steube took to X, previously Twitter, the place he shared an AI-generated picture of President Donald Trump in a conductor uniform subsequent to a D.C. Metrorail practice with WMAGA written on its aspect.
Steube criticized the transit company for taking hundreds of thousands in federal funds solely to churn out “delays, dysfunction, and decay” earlier than pointing to his newly launched invoice, which seeks to dam the company’s funding till it renames itself the “Washington Metropolitan Authority for Higher Entry.”
The laws, a long-shot effort, additionally requires the Metrorail, which services about 600,000 people daily, to be renamed the “Trump practice” for the company to obtain funding.
“Like several struggling establishment, WMATA [the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority] wants a recent id that aligns with effectivity, service high quality, and renewed public belief. These new names function a daring rallying level for much-needed reform,” stated Steube in a press release.
Steube has beforehand been clowned for his efforts to rename U.S. coastal waterways after Trump whereas different GOP lawmakers have regarded 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 acquired swift pushback on social media together with from Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), who declared that D.C.’s transit company “just isn’t a conceit venture for Donald Trump to steamroll” whereas emphasizing that the service is the “spine of our nation’s capital.”
“When will Home Republicans cease making an attempt to suck as much as Donald Trump and begin specializing in decreasing the price of residing?” he wrote.
