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packman

(16,296 posts)
Thu Nov 7, 2019, 12:38 PM Nov 2019

GOP Lawmakers Want To Name Route 66 'Donald J. Trump Highway' And People Are Outraged

Source: Huffington Post

Two GOP state lawmakers in Oklahoma have drawn backlash after calling for a section of the iconic highway Route 66 to be dedicated to President Donald Trump.

State Sens. Marty Quinn and Nathan Dahm introduced a bill on Tuesday that would name a 13-mile stretch of the world-famous road the “President Donald J. Trump Highway.” The famous road, which originally stretched from Chicago to Southern California, crosses northeastern Oklahoma.



Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-route-66-highway_n_5dc40171e4b03ddc02efca7b



Only if they change it to Route 666---

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GOP Lawmakers Want To Name Route 66 'Donald J. Trump Highway' And People Are Outraged (Original Post) packman Nov 2019 OP
Knuckleheads! Brainfodder Nov 2019 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Nov 2019 #2
Donald J. Trump Highway? MissMillie Nov 2019 #3
There used to be a Highway 666, GemState Nov 2019 #29
What is wrong with these people? Perseus Nov 2019 #4
That's a better name for a municipal septic system C_U_L8R Nov 2019 #5
That's a far better idea. JudyM Nov 2019 #17
there will be a big push to name roads, parks, schools, airports, ect... after tRump just like they yaesu Nov 2019 #6
That will backfire bigly if Donald Trump is impeached and removed from office. Everyplace named Nitram Nov 2019 #9
Fuckwads dropped their plan dalton99a Nov 2019 #7
Good Marthe48 Nov 2019 #12
"whose responsibility includes marketing and branding for the Sooner State." Botany Nov 2019 #14
I'd approve a "memorial" wing of a Federal prison... that would be okay with me. NurseJackie Nov 2019 #28
Fuck No! Nitram Nov 2019 #8
There's already a movie out about it. mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2019 #10
I'm OK with it Zambero Nov 2019 #11
That's taken. ChazInAz Nov 2019 #15
And when pray tell do we get the John Wilkes Booth Parkway? Botany Nov 2019 #13
In the DoC era, they could have tried to name the Harry Nice Bridge nitpicker Nov 2019 #19
Nixon enid602 Nov 2019 #16
never heard of that -- there is the Ronald Reagan Fwy, however diva77 Nov 2019 #22
Marina enid602 Nov 2019 #40
It's the 90 Fwy -- apparently you are correct, however after Nixon diva77 Nov 2019 #41
Nixon Freeway enid602 Nov 2019 #42
I'm glad it's just the 90 now, tacitly known as "The President is Not Above the Law Freeway" diva77 Nov 2019 #43
It's the one with the tricky interchanges Zambero Nov 2019 #44
haha - took me a second!! diva77 Nov 2019 #47
-1 nitpicker Nov 2019 #18
Wouldn't naming the Oklahoma State Penitentiary for Trump be more appropriate? onenote Nov 2019 #20
Does anyone know if there have been any airports, or roads, etc named after Trump? LiberalLovinLug Nov 2019 #21
How about naming the road into Fort Leavenworth prison after Trump. patphil Nov 2019 #33
Perfect! LiberalLovinLug Nov 2019 #38
What can be done, can be undone. nt. BlueIdaho Nov 2019 #23
The worst part of the plan was the toll booths Midnightwalk Nov 2019 #24
When we win in 2020 i want bluestarone Nov 2019 #25
Perfect solution!! MBS Nov 2019 #37
maybe the road to that sh*thole park that is named after him. Thomas Hurt Nov 2019 #26
Prefer Bonny Troup's rendition of his song whistler162 Nov 2019 #27
Depech Mode route 66 !! YOHABLO Nov 2019 #30
My daughter can see Route 66 from here apartment in Albuquerque. patphil Nov 2019 #34
The signage doesn't stand a chance. BHDem53 Nov 2019 #31
That sign wouldn't last an hour. Haggis for Breakfast Nov 2019 #39
Maybe if they put another "6" on it...Route 666 would be more like it. patphil Nov 2019 #32
Excellent. MBS Nov 2019 #36
Over my dead body. MBS Nov 2019 #35
It would be a great section of highway Turbineguy Nov 2019 #45
There's a section of downtown Phoenix MurrayDelph Nov 2019 #46

Response to packman (Original post)

 

Perseus

(4,341 posts)
4. What is wrong with these people?
Thu Nov 7, 2019, 12:39 PM
Nov 2019

Can't they keep quiet? It is so embarrassing, I feel bad for their kids and family, I cannot believe they all would agree with these idiots.

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
6. there will be a big push to name roads, parks, schools, airports, ect... after tRump just like they
Thu Nov 7, 2019, 12:50 PM
Nov 2019

did for reagan.

Nitram

(22,794 posts)
9. That will backfire bigly if Donald Trump is impeached and removed from office. Everyplace named
Thu Nov 7, 2019, 01:21 PM
Nov 2019

after Dump will be a reminder of his crimes and his party's collusion.

dalton99a

(81,475 posts)
7. Fuckwads dropped their plan
Thu Nov 7, 2019, 01:18 PM
Nov 2019
Two state lawmakers from suburban Tulsa, Oklahoma — dubbed the "capital" of Route 66 in an online poll last year — filed legislation Tuesday to name an Oklahoma stretch of the iconic highway after the 45th president of the United States.

Oklahoma state Sens. Marty Quinn, R-Claremore, and Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow, were behind the effort to call part of Route 66 the Donald Trump Highway.

But a day after filing the bill, Dahm gave up on the idea after pushback from the Route 66 Association of Oklahoma and Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell (also a Republican), whose responsibility includes marketing and branding for the Sooner State.

https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2019/11/07/donald-trump-naming-okalahoma-highway-route-66/2517076001/

Botany

(70,501 posts)
14. "whose responsibility includes marketing and branding for the Sooner State."
Thu Nov 7, 2019, 01:32 PM
Nov 2019

I think Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell was thinking no f*****g way do I want the Trump brand
on a public resource.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,425 posts)
10. There's already a movie out about it.
Thu Nov 7, 2019, 01:27 PM
Nov 2019


Official Trailer: Jeepers Creepers (2001)
1,829,897 views•Jul 11, 2013

N.B.
22.7K subscribers

A brother and sister driving home for spring break encounter a flesh-eating creature in the isolated countryside that is on the last day of its ritualistic eating spree.

ChazInAz

(2,567 posts)
15. That's taken.
Thu Nov 7, 2019, 01:36 PM
Nov 2019

We used to have a Route 666 here in Arizona.
Some people with no sense of humor demanded it be changed.

Botany

(70,501 posts)
13. And when pray tell do we get the John Wilkes Booth Parkway?
Thu Nov 7, 2019, 01:29 PM
Nov 2019

And what part do these scattered brain idiots don't get about Donald Trump? He is a crook
& a traitor to America. End of story. 40 years after the end of the fairness doctrine we
now have Fox news, hate talkers, web site crap, "think tanks," right wing evangelical
pastors, and that has cooked a lot of brains.

Hey State Sens. Marty Quinn and Nathan Dahm stay on that Trump-tanic ... free ice in
every room.

nitpicker

(7,153 posts)
19. In the DoC era, they could have tried to name the Harry Nice Bridge
Thu Nov 7, 2019, 02:57 PM
Nov 2019

After John Wilkes Booth, except the bridge was completed in 1940.

diva77

(7,640 posts)
22. never heard of that -- there is the Ronald Reagan Fwy, however
Thu Nov 7, 2019, 03:39 PM
Nov 2019

The 118. Most people call it "the 118"

diva77

(7,640 posts)
41. It's the 90 Fwy -- apparently you are correct, however after Nixon
Fri Nov 8, 2019, 01:10 AM
Nov 2019

resigned, they changed it back to the 90 Fwy.

enid602

(8,616 posts)
42. Nixon Freeway
Fri Nov 8, 2019, 03:32 AM
Nov 2019

Per Wikipedia, it's actually the EASTERN end of 90 that goes through Yorba Linda: "The eastern portion of SR 90 runs along Imperial Highway between Beach Boulevard (State Route 39) in La Habra and State Route 91 in Anaheim Hills, also passing through Brea and Yorba Linda. A stretch in Yorba Linda between Yorba Linda Boulevard and Orangethorpe Avenue was relinquished to the city in 2002 and built to freeway standards. The city renamed it the Richard M. Nixon Freeway in honor of the 37th President of the United States, Richard Nixon, who was born in Yorba Linda less than half a mile away from the road. "

LiberalLovinLug

(14,173 posts)
21. Does anyone know if there have been any airports, or roads, etc named after Trump?
Thu Nov 7, 2019, 03:24 PM
Nov 2019

Not talking about his own private branding.

I can see it will happen though. Especially in the Red States. I'm sure Trump would like his face carved into Mount Rushmore as well.

Midnightwalk

(3,131 posts)
24. The worst part of the plan was the toll booths
Thu Nov 7, 2019, 05:14 PM
Nov 2019

They needed to set up tolls in order to pay trump to license his name.

Good thing they reconsidered.

bluestarone

(16,926 posts)
25. When we win in 2020 i want
Thu Nov 7, 2019, 05:24 PM
Nov 2019

EVERY Landfill in the U.S.A. named the tRUMP dump. That way everyone will know he's full of shit!

patphil

(6,172 posts)
34. My daughter can see Route 66 from here apartment in Albuquerque.
Thu Nov 7, 2019, 07:11 PM
Nov 2019

It coincides with Central Avenue in the Nob Hill section of the city.

MurrayDelph

(5,294 posts)
46. There's a section of downtown Phoenix
Fri Nov 8, 2019, 03:37 PM
Nov 2019

Last edited Fri Nov 8, 2019, 05:28 PM - Edit history (1)

that used to be part of Route 66. It's been over 20 years since I worked for the company that set me to Phoenix regularly, but the street that had been part of Route 66 had developed a "new" industry to take advantage of all of the ramshackle motels.

I think the part of Route 66 that consists of streetwalkers (some female, but mostly transvestite) would be the perfect analogy for Trump.

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