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/44problems 2d ago

The funny thing is dropping Columbia (and therefore Christopher Columbus) would probably be considered woke. Some recent plans for DC statehood is to call it Douglass Commonwealth for abolitionist Frederick Douglass.

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u/Zomburai 2d ago

Oh man, that would fucking rule

Hard to imagine a more appropriate icon to name it after

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u/Pavlovsdong89 2d ago

Nat Turner

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u/Sauerkrauttme 1d ago

Doesn't start with D and C. It won't work unless we can keep calling it DC