New Mexicans slam Trump’s threat to change state’s name
Residents denounce suggestion to rename state ‘New America’, save some Republicans who insist it was ‘satire’US politics live – latest updatesWhen scrolling through social media over the Labor Day weekend,...
By Melissa Segura in Santa Fe · The Guardian World
Residents denounce suggestion to rename state ‘New America’, save some Republicans who insist it was ‘satire’ US politics live – latest updates When scrolling through social media over the Labor Day weekend, actor, comedian and native New Mexican Steven Michael Quezada was stopped cold by a post about Donald Trump’s recent call to rename New Mexico to New America. “At first I thought, nah, that’s got to be a joke,” said Quezada , who played drug enforcement agent Steven Gomez in the legendary TV series Breaking Bad. Continue reading...