Democratic congressmen are furious that Republican frontrunner Donald Trump’s name is not only plastered all over television, but that it will soon be on top of a hotel in Washington D.C.
Reps. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) and Tony Cárdenas (D-Calif.) penned a letter to the Department of the Interior and General Services Administration requesting that Trump be prevented from having his name “prominently displayed” on his new hotel, located on Pennsylvania Avenue, blocks from the White House, reported the Phoenix Business Journal.
They claim that Trump’s “racist” remarks should prevent him from being able to have his name on the building.
“Trump’s recent and repeated remarks disparaging women, Mexican-Americans, and other Latinos are hateful, divisive and completely inaccurate,” Gallego and Cárdenas wrote to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and GSA Administrator Denise Turner Roth in their Aug. 13 letter.
“We understand that the Department of Interior rightly prohibits the display of racist or insensitive emblems on lands it controls,” they continued. “In accordance with this policy and in keeping with the Department’s recent efforts to bar the Washington Redskins’ logo on public lands, we urge you to use all available authorities under current law to prevent the Trump name from being prominently displayed at the new hotel.”
A spokesperson for the Interior referred inquiries to GSA, which is leasing the property to Trump for his hotel. GSA is in the process of responding to the congressmen, but did not provide further details.
This isn’t the first time that Trump’s name over that building has caused a backlash.
Last month the billionaire was the subject of scrutiny for the sign outside the future hotel because it resembled his campaign logo with the words “Coming 2016” under the word “Trump.”
Apparently the political correctness means more to these congressmen than freedom of speech.
(h/t The Hill)
