The Florida House of Representatives voted 81–30 this week to rename Palm Beach International Airport after President Donald Trump.
Democrats responded the way they always do when something good happens for this president – with a complete meltdown on the chamber floor.
What Florida Democrats said – and what they couldn't stop themselves from saying – tells you everything about where the Left is right now.
Florida Republicans Honor Their President
The bill to rename the airport "President Donald J. Trump International Airport" sailed through the Republican-controlled House by a wide margin.
Bill co-sponsor Rep. Meg Weinberger put it simply: Trump lives five miles from that airport.
He has lived in Palm Beach County for 40 years.
He brought that sleepy beach town onto the world stage, turned Mar-a-Lago into the Winter White House, and has made more infrastructure investments in American aviation in one year than Biden did in four.
Rep. Kim Kendall – a former air traffic controller herself – made the case that Trump's administration has spent the past year modernizing airport facilities across the country, and the man deserves the recognition.
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Rep. John Snyder summed it up best: "With the renaming of this bill, after we all vote yes, it will officially become a great airport."
The Senate Rules Committee passed the companion bill the same day.
This is headed to DeSantis's desk.
Democrats Said the Quiet Part Out Loud
Here's where it got interesting.
Democrats on the House floor didn't just oppose the bill.
They unraveled.
Three separate Democrat representatives called the sitting president of the United States an "adjudicated rapist" – on the House floor – during official proceedings.
Rep. Ashley Gantt of Miami told the chamber, on the record, "I think this is crazy that we are trying to name an airport after this man."
House Minority Leader Fentrice Driskell delivered a rambling list of grievances stretching back decades – impeachments, convictions, contractors, women, "Black folks," the birther controversy.
Democrat Sen. Shevrin Jones made it personal – citing a video Trump had posted and deleted showing the Obamas in an unflattering light – and said he couldn't vote for the bill in good conscience.
You know what you didn't hear a single Democrat mention?
The 8.6 million passengers who use that airport every year.
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Not one word about what the name change means for the people of Palm Beach County.
This Is What Presidential Legacy Looks Like
Every major American president eventually gets a landmark named after him.
JFK got New York's busiest international airport five weeks after Dallas.
Reagan got National Airport in 1998 – and Democrats fought it tooth and nail, the same way they're fighting this.
George H.W. Bush has Houston Intercontinental.
Gerald Ford has Grand Rapids.
Eisenhower has Wichita.
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Trump – the first president to call Florida home – is getting Palm Beach.
That's not a gift. That's a tradition.
And notice who doesn't have an airport: Richard Nixon, who resigned in disgrace.
The Democrats screaming on the House floor this week just told you exactly where they think Trump belongs in that lineup.
The Trademark Distraction
Democrats tried to make this about a trademark.
The Trump Organization filed applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last week covering the airport name.
Here's what they didn't tell you: the Trump family has already agreed to waive the trademark entirely.
Rep. Weinberger read a statement from the Trump family during the floor debate: they are "deeply honored" and will waive rights to the trademark.
The Trump Organization confirmed it in writing – no royalties, no licensing fees, no financial consideration of any kind.
The Democrats kept arguing about a problem that doesn't exist anymore.
That's what you do when you don't have a real argument.
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The Bill Goes to DeSantis
The Senate takes up its version next, and then this heads to Governor DeSantis.
Florida is giving its most famous resident the recognition he earned.
Democrats spent an entire floor debate trying to relitigate every grievance they've ever had against this man – and they still lost 81–30.
The airport in West Palm Beach is going to carry his name.
And every time 8.6 million passengers a year fly in and out of President Donald J. Trump International Airport, they'll know exactly who rebuilt American greatness from the ground up.
Sources:
- Jim Turner, "Florida House Votes to Put President Trump's Name on Palm Beach International Airport," The News Service of Florida/WLRN, February 18, 2026.
- Mitch Perry, "Florida House Votes to Rename Palm Beach Airport After Donald Trump," Florida Phoenix, February 17, 2026.
- CNN Politics, "Trump Organization Trademark Raises Suspicions That Family Could Profit From Florida Airport Name Change," February 18, 2026.
- "Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport," Wikipedia, accessed February 19, 2026.
- "A Brief History of Presidential Airports," Smart Politics, April 1, 2015.
