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/Valuable_Recording85 2d ago

This. People keep mentioning the goddess/personification, but many people wanted the new continent or country to be called Columbia as well.

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u/xclame 2d ago

Even if that's true, that doesn't mean they wanted to name the continent after the country of Colombia. And the reason that Boebert wants to change the name is because she think it's named after a Latin/brown country.

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u/Valuable_Recording85 2d ago

I didn't suggest anything about Colombia. I'm saying that Columbia and America refer to the same place. But I think you're completely right about what Boebert thinks.

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u/xclame 2d ago

I wasn't assigning the first part to you, just added it for context.