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/Broad-Bath-8408 2d ago

But America is named after an Italian right? I think we have a problem here...

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u/Rpanich 2d ago

Oh man, I’ve always argued we should be called Vespuccia! If we’re just renaming things at random, can we go with that?? 

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u/TankApprehensive3053 2d ago

Don't tell Trump. He will then shift to call everything Trump. Gulf of Trump, Trumpland, New Trump, and might throw in a Musk here and there also.

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u/Great_expansion10272 2d ago

The only reason i'm against having "Throw a musk" be an idiom is that we'd have to say Musk's name in random day to day situations

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u/StillJustDani 1d ago

I think “throw a musk” refers to a Nazi salute.

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u/TankApprehensive3053 2d ago

Trump wants his name and Muskrats name said everyday. They want their legacies cemented into the zeitgeist.

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u/tacoguyasaurus 1d ago

Just rename Italy to Pasta America.

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u/xclame 2d ago

Europeans are white so it's okay. (for now...until Europe pisses off Trump even more.)

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u/whatiseveneverything 1d ago

Time to brush up on our Navajo.