'It’s our gulf': Marjorie Taylor Greene unveils new bill text to rename Gulf of Mexico

Firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) took little time in following through on her vow to draw up legislation to make President-elect Donald Trump's latest antic a reality.

Trump said at a Mar-a-Lago news conference Tuesday he wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America."

"We're going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, which has a beautiful ring," Trump said. "That covers a lot of territory, the Gulf of America. What a beautiful name. And it's appropriate. It's appropriate. And Mexico has to stop allowing millions of people to pour into our country."

Immediately following his remarks, Greene posted on X in support of the idea — and vowed to make it happen

"President Trump's second term is off to a GREAT start," she wrote. "I'll be introducing legislation ASAP to officially change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to its rightful name, the Gulf of America!"

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In a follow-up post on Tuesday afternoon, Greene shared the text of the legislation and said it would be ready to file Thursday morning. She said Mexican cartels use the gulf to "traffic humans, drugs, weapons, and God knows what else" — and that the Mexican government "allows them to do it."

"The American people are footing the bill to protect and secure the maritime waterways for commerce to be conducted. Our U.S. armed forces protect the area from any military threats from foreign countries," she said. "It's our gulf. The rightful name is the Gulf of America and it's what the entire world should refer to it as."

Greene concluded: "We already have the bill written with legislative council and ready to file first thing Thursday morning. Congress has to take the Trump Agenda mandate seriously and that means acting fast to enact it."

The text specifies that "Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Gulf of Mexico shall be deemed to be a reference to the 'Gulf of America.'"

The bill calls for the Commerce secretary, acting through the administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to oversee the implementation of the renaming. Furthermore, each federal agency would have six months to update documents and maps.

See the text of the bill below or at this link.