Trump’s name added to Palm Avenue after Mia­mi-Dade com­mis­sion­ers vote

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Trump’s name added to Palm Avenue after Miami-Dade commissioners vote

Com­mis­sions in Mia­mi-Dade Coun­ty, Flori­da, vot­ed in favor of a res­o­lu­tion approv­ing a mea­sure by the city of Hialeah to add Pres­i­dent-elect Don­ald Trump‘s name to Palm Avenue.

Coun­ty com­mis­sion­ers vot­ed 9–1 to approve the city mea­sure to co-des­ig­nate the four-mile stretch of Palm Avenue in Hialeah as Pres­i­dent Don­ald J. Trump Avenue. Hialeah city offi­cials unan­i­mous­ly approved the mea­sure last year, and Hialeah May­or Este­ban Bovo unveiled a street sign with the new name dur­ing a Trump ral­ly in the city in Novem­ber 2023.

Dis­trict 6 Com­mis­sion­er Kevin Cabr­era cel­e­brat­ed the rat­i­fi­ca­tion of the action, say­ing that adding the president-elect’s name to the street hon­ors his lega­cy in South Flori­da.

“Pres­i­dent Don­ald J. Trump Avenue is offi­cial in Mia­mi-Dade Coun­ty! Today, we rat­i­fied the City of Hialeah’s ini­tia­tive to hon­or Pres­i­dent Trump’s lega­cy of cham­pi­oning free­dom and oppor­tu­ni­ty by co-des­ig­nat­ing Palm Avenue — a vital artery in our com­mu­ni­ty — as ‘Pres­i­dent Don­ald J. Trump Avenue,’” Cabr­era said in a post on X.

“Mia­mi-Dade Coun­ty strong­ly sup­port­ed Pres­i­dent Trump dur­ing the elec­tion, and this des­ig­na­tion serves as a last­ing trib­ute to his lead­er­ship and vision for our nation,” he added.

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Trump won Mia­mi-Dade Coun­ty over Vice Pres­i­dent Kamala Har­ris, 55.2%-43.8%, becom­ing the first Repub­li­can pres­i­den­tial can­di­date to do so since George H.W. Bush did so in 1988. The vic­to­ry in Mia­mi-Dade Coun­ty also marked a sig­nif­i­cant shift from his first pres­i­den­tial elec­tion, in 2016, when he lost the coun­ty to for­mer Sec­re­tary of State Hillary Clin­ton, 63.2%-33.8%.

Over­all, Trump trounced Har­ris in his adopt­ed home state, win­ning Flori­da in the pres­i­den­tial con­test last month, 56.1%-43%.