House Republican Botches U.S. Geography While Defending Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’
House Rules Committee
Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) said President Donald Trump was right to rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” because, she said, Mexico has been polluting the gulf’s water near San Diego.
San Diego, of course, does not touch the Gulf of Mexico, but the Pacific Ocean, which is about 1,500 miles away.
In February, Trump signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico.
“As my Administration restores American pride in the history of American greatness, it is fitting and appropriate for our great Nation to come together and commemorate this momentous occasion and the renaming of the Gulf of America,” Trump wrote in his executive order. Since then, he has kept a map in the Oval Office with “Gulf of America” written over the Gulf of Mexico.
On Monday, Hageman expressed support for the move during a meeting of the House Rules Committee. She said the main reason was that Mexico has been “dumping raw sewage” into the body of water, and that renaming it is a way to “claim ownership of this area.”
“I think another reason why we should change this to the Gulf of America versus the Gulf of Mexico is, for over 40 years, the country of Mexico has been dumping raw sewage into the area near San Diego, California,” the lawmaker said. “That’s another reason we need to retake and claim ownership of this area.”
She went on to say she had just been to the city.
“I was just in San Diego meeting with some folks down there, and they described the situation,” Hageman added. “It’s an absolutely horrific, horrific situation. It is an environmental catastrophe and disaster created.”
Hageman was elected to Congress in 2022 after she defeated former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) in the GOP primary with Trump’s backing.
