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President Trump calls on New Mexico to change its name to ‘New America’ (edition.cnn.com)
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[–] 224 points 5 days ago (11 children)

As a born and raised New Mexican, fuck this absolute piece of garbage, and fuck anyone who has voted or is continuing to vote for the convicted rapist and pedophile party. New Mexico is a culturally rich and diverse state, full of traditions going back hundreds, in some cases thousands, of years.

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  • [–] 34 points 5 days ago (4 children)

    There's dozens of us New Mexicans here! Dozens!

    It's such a stupid idea because even people who voted for him have New Mexican pride and wouldn't agree with this change, it's simply stupid

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  • [–] 9 points 5 days ago (3 children)

    Are there still Americans who don't know NM is part of the US, or it that long past?

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  • [–] 10 points 5 days ago (2 children)

    No that's still something you come across, not as often as it used to be. 10-15 years ago I had someone ask if they needed their passport to visit NM, which was funny because they were dead serious. I think since Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul got as popular as it did people figured out NM was a state but I cannot confirm this, it's just my head canon.

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  • [–] 15 points 5 days ago (2 children)

    My wife and I love NM. We're from shithole TX and if there isn't a blue wave here, we would love to move.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 days ago

    Hey neighbor's neighbor! We're in AZ, I've been looking fondly over at NM for a bit.
    Love visiting NM, except the mountain pass we have to go through to get there. Absolutely hate that part or we might get over more.

    We moved here from a cold state many many moons ago and Phoenix had a lot to offer for jobs. Feel like we shoulda looked harder back then. To poor now to make another move but, we will if we gotta.

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