New Mexicans slam Trump’s threat to change state’s name
by Melissa Segura in Santa Fe from World news | The Guardian on (#7894P)
Residents denounce suggestion to rename state New America', save some Republicans who insist it was satire'
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.
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