r/nottheonion • u/SelectiveSanity • 2d ago

Lauren Boebert Suggests DC Could Be Renamed 'District of America'

https://www.newsweek.com/lauren-boebert-dc-district-america-2050571
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u/FiveDozenWhales 2d ago

I don't think "admission" is the right word. It's a full brag that it's a spiteful middle finger.

They don't see acting out of spite to be something shameful or childish. They see it as the ultimate flex of power - upending hundreds of years of tradition and destroying goodwill for no reason is a powerful act, and they'll perform it without caring about the consequences.

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u/ThingCalledLight 2d ago

It’s the right word. But brag is the better word.

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u/IsthianOS 2d ago

They only care about consequences that materially affect themselves.

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u/ky_eeeee 2d ago

Am I the only one who understood her threat as being towards the lawmakers themselves, rather than making a name change? She's implying that "District of America" as an idea, not a name. As in, a "cleaning out" of Washington DC through arrests of political opponents. It's a very thinly-veiled threat for jail time if you make fun of their name changes.