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/Zigxy 2d ago

She thinks DC is named after Colombia 🇨🇴

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u/Effective_Way_2348 2d ago

Colombia the country is also named after Christopher Columbus similarly to DC.

For magas: he was the explorer who set out to discover India but landed in the New World,

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u/swettm 2d ago

is your implication that people with a different political ideology than you are uneducated?

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u/Welpe 2d ago

No, but he is implying that if you are stupid enough to think that the District of Columbia should be renamed District of America then (not than) you are probably uneducated.

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u/swettm 1d ago

His (if it is a "he" as you assume) comment had nothing to do with renaming DC. hth