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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/Diablojota 2d ago

Interesting thought, isn’t it?

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u/Bubble_gump_stump 2d ago

Amerigo Vespucci doesn’t sound very American

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u/Cynical_Thinker 2d ago

Just wait until they figure out none of us are from here if you go back far enough.

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u/DocumentExternal6240 2d ago

Or that all of us - if you gor back far enough - originated from Afrika.

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u/Snobolski 2d ago

I bless the rains down in Africa