A Virginia Democrat wants to “honor” Donald Trump — by putting his name on a federal prison.

Rep. Gerry Connolly blasted a Republican bill to rename Washington Dulles International Airport after the former president.

“Donald Trump is facing 91 felony charges,” said Mr. Connolly, whose district includes a portion of Dulles airport.

“If Republicans want to name something after him, I’d suggest they find a federal prison,” he said in a statement Tuesday.  

One of Northern Virginia’s other U.S. House members was equally unenthusiastic.

“This is just another in a long list of instances where extreme House Republicans have shown how unserious & delusional they are,” Rep. Jennifer Wexton, a Democrat, wrote Tuesday on the social-media site X, calling Mr. Trump “someone who sought to undermine our democracy.”

One of the bill’s cosponsors noted the parallel that Virginia’s other airport designated as serving Washington is named after a Republican president — Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Rep. Paul Gosar, Arizona Republican, told The Hill in a statement that he “can see no more fitting recognition than naming both airports in our nation’s capital after two of America’s best presidents.”

The renaming bill was introduced Friday by Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, Pennsylvania Republican, who said there could be “no better symbol of freedom, prosperity, and strength than hearing ‘Welcome to Trump International Airport’ as they land on American soil.”

Almost all international flights to Washington — Reagan services only Canada, the Bahamas and Bermuda — fly into Dulles airport.

• Victor Morton can be reached at vmorton@washingtontimes.com.