Friday, March 07, 2025

SCM 1001 in the news

The Trump administration has made it clear that the president, who has a habit of plastering his name in huge letters across his real estate, values loyalty over all else.

Wendy Rogers looks to rename SR260 for Donald Trump

Rogers looks to rename SR260 for Donald Trump - Journalaz.com

But on Thursday, Arizona’s Senate Republicans couldn’t find the votes they needed to recommend that State Route 260, which runs through rural areas between Cottonwood and Show Low, be renamed “Donald J. Trump Highway.”

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Donald J. Trump Highway' proposal fails in Arizona Senate by a single vote

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by Caitlin Sievers, Arizona Mirror
March 6, 2025 11:24PM ET

Senate Concurrent Memorial 1001, sponsored by MAGA die-hard Sen. Wendy Rogers, of Flagstaff, would have urged the State Board on Geographic and Historic Names to rename the highway that runs through Rogers’ district after Trump.

But one Senate Republican, Frank Carroll, of Sun City West, voted against the proposal, resulting in its failure on a 15-9 vote.
Republican Sen. Shawna Bolick was absent from the vote.
But because memorials don’t have the power of law, even if Carroll or Bolick had voted for the proposal, the renaming would remain merely a suggestion.

Carroll said that many of his constituents would love to see a highway named after Trump, who he predicted would “be recorded in history as the greatest president in the 21st century.”

But the proper time to do that would be after Trump had completed his second term, Carroll explained.

Rogers, who can often be seen around the Capitol showing off her gold Donald Trump sneakers that retail for $399, promised to continue proposing SCM1001 each year until it is approved.

This is the third time she’s introduced the measure: Previous efforts in 2021 and 2022 never earned a committee hearing, much less a vote on the Senate floor.

Arizona is far from the only state where Republicans are looking to ingratiate themselves to Trump by naming things after him. Republicans introduced proposals to create their own Donald J. Trump Highway in Missouri, Kentucky, Wyoming and Utah, Politico reported.

Republican lawmakers in West Virginia just recently proposed a resolution to rename Spruce Knob, the highest point in the state, “Trump Mountain.”
And a state representative in Tennessee wants to rename Nashville’s airport after him.

Republicans in Congress have introduced legislation to rename Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia after Trump.
Republican congressmen have also introduced proposals to put Trump’s likeness on $100 bills and to create a new $250 with Trump face on it, as well.