In late 2011, Texas voters who wanted to create a new party filed the “Make America Great Again” name in time for the state’s deadline. Texas law says a party that wants to petition in an election year must register the name of the party by the end of the odd year before the election. In late 2011, people who wanted Donald Trump to run as an independent candidate in 2012 took the precaution of registering that name. When informed that Texas law only permits three words in a party name, they amended it to “Make America Great”.

Now that Trump is actively seeking the Republican nomination, his campaign slogan is “Make America Great Again.” See his campaign web page here. Also he had that slogan on his hat when he visited Laredo, Texas, earlier this month.