Gosar rolled out the bill just days after Trump became the first U.S. president ever convicted of a crime. A New York jury last week found himGosar’s bill to celebrate the former president in the form of legal tender would break with decades of tradition — and flout a, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco writes: “To avoid the appearance of a monarchy, it was long-standing tradition to only feature portraits of deceased individuals on currency and coin.
: “Our Founding Fathers believed it was unpatriotic for living people’s likenesses to be placed on money in circulation.” The publication noted that President George Washington declined having his portrait on the silver dollar while he was alive, although he is now featured on both the $1 bill and the quarter.But Gosar isn’t eyeing a commemorative coin. He’s looking to put Trump’s face on what would be the largest bill in print.
Gosar’s office did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment, including questions about whether Congress can put living people on cash. His bill is likely to go nowhere fast. Rather, it appears to be Gosar’s latest attempt to curry favor with a former president who he has fiercely defended at seemingly every turn.
While Trump has yet to weigh in on the bill, Gosar’s home state newspaper had plenty to say about it. In aon Thursday, Arizona Republic columnist EJ Montini wrote that the bill “provides irrefutable proof that for some individuals — Gosar among them — Donald Trump is a cult.”Eric Swalwell Goes Viral For Blistering Takedown Of GOP ‘Cult’ Of TrumpBy entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners.