In the Trump-voting town of Ontario, lake’s new name splits Republicans

Washington Post Politics Tuesday 01 September 2026, 09:00 UTC By Laura Beveridge 1 min read

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ONTARIO, N.Y. — Serafino Rosso lives in a big home in this tiny town overlooking the Great Lake it’s named after. When President Donald Trump renamed the lake, Rosso thought: Why stop there? Democracy Dies in Darkness In the Trump-voting town of Ontario, lake’s new name splits Republicans Trump's order to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America has sparked both pride and objections among residents of Upstate New York.

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