(OPINION) ETH – Although it’s customary for former presidents to have streets, parks, buildings, even airports named after them after they leave office, that may not be the case for former president Donald Trump.
According to a report from, Tennesse, a Shelby County commissioner wants to assure that honor is not extended to Trump. The report reveals that Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer has introduced a resolution that would prohibit the naming of any Shelby County-owned property after Trump, including buildings, memorials, parks, sites, and facilities.
“I don’t want to see his name used as a banner for white supremacy,” said Sawyer. Sawyer also stated that she received the idea from Texas Congressman Joaquin Castro, who also introduced legislation at the federal level barring Trump’s name from appearing on federal buildings.
Sawyer is also the founder of the grassroots group “Take ‘Em Down 901”, which led efforts to completely remove the monument of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest from Health Sciences Park. Sawyer says that naming anything after Donald Trump would do nothing but promote white supremacy.
“As the founder of Take ‘Em Down 901, I know how white supremacy has used buildings, parks, and property to lift the names of white supremacists and those who hold racists and xenophobic ideals,” said Sawyer. “Just knowing what Donald Trump stands for, I want to make sure we protect future generations from the same thing we’re going through now, where we’re having to clean up the names of our buildings, our parks, and what’s placed there.”