Democrats hit back at Trump floating changing name of New Mexico
Democrats are starting to hit back against Donald Trump for his recent social media post suggesting that the state of New Mexico should be changed to “New America”.
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state → hit → America
The state’s senior senator, Martin Heinrich, shot back on X, blasting the president’s recent efforts to rename bodies of water via executive order.
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senator → shoot → order
“Three things I will always call by their actual names,” Heinrich wrote.
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Heinrich → call → names
His colleague in the Senate, Ben Ray Luján, echoed the sentiment.
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colleague → echo → sentiment
“It’s New Mexico, always has been and always will be,” he said, adding that Trump will “always be a sinvergüenza” – a spanish word for “scoundrel” and “corrupt”.
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Trump → ’ → scoundrel
“WE ARE NOT CHANGING OUR NAME!” she said in a video, standing on the banks of the Rio Grande, which runs through the state.
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which → change → state
We are fiercely proud of our name, our people, and our places, including this river.”
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We → include → river
Further down the ballot in New Hampshire, the Democratic primary for Chris Pappas’s House seat has drawn eight candidates, with Stefany Shaheen – daughter of the outgoing senator – and Maura Sullivan, a former Obama administration official, leading the field.
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Shaheen → draw → field
Republicans now see it as flippable, and Donald Trump has endorsed Anthony DiLorenzo, a businessman who owns several car dealerships, in the GOP race.
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who → see → race
As voters head to the polls for primary elections in New Hampshite, Some Democrats worry the Granite State could become a sleeper risk – a state where Republicans control the legislature but haven’t won a Senate race since 2010, when Kelly Ayotte, the now-governor, captured a seat.
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Ayotte → head → seat
Congressman Chris Pappas insists he’s not taking anything for granted in his bid for Senate, and is running like he’s “10 votes behind” at all times – especially in a midterm cycle where progressive challengers have scored surprise primary wins across the country.
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challengers → insist → country
This, however, hasn’t fazed Pappas who says he is running as a “New Hampshire Democrat” who knows his state.
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who → faze → state
But Dr Karishma Manzur, Pappas’s main challenger, who supports Medicare for All and higher taxes on mega‑corporations and the ultra‑wealthy, has repeatedly highlighted the money Pappas has received from donors aligned with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
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Pappas → support → Committee
She casts him as milquetoast and ineffective.
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She → cast → him
“I was tired of choosing between the lesser of two evils and still seeing so much pain and suffering right here in my state,” she said, calling both Pappas and John E Sununu, the frontrunner in the Republican primary race, “corporate politicians”.
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she → choose → race
“One has a ‘D’ after their name.
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One → have → name
One has an ‘R’ after their name … neither of them have been able to address the real needs of the people,” Manzur added.
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Manzur → have → people
Pappas, for his part, has long backed US aid to Israel but told the Guardian that Benjamin Netanyahu was “not a trustworthy ally of the US” and said he hoped the Israeli prime minister is ousted in the country’s October election.
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minister → back → election
Pappas noted he has rejected corporate Pac money in this race but did not directly address his support from pro‑Israel donors, instead pointing to a “broad‑based effort” of individual contributors that have supported his Senate bid.
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that → note → bid
Pappas says he would support the Democratic nominee if he loses.
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he → say → nominee
“We need a big tent and new voices in the party to win tough elections,” he said at last week’s Democratic debate.
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he → need → debate
Manzur declined to make the same commitment.
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Manzur → decline → commitment
“I’m focused on winning,” she told the Guardian.
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she → ’m → Guardian
“I’m not going to get into these discussions – they’re intentionally distracting from the people’s movement.”
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they → go → movement
Democrats hit back at Trump floating changing name of New Mexico
Democrats are starting to hit back against Donald Trump for his recent social media post suggesting that the state of New Mexico should be changed to “New America”.
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state → hit → America
The state’s senior senator, Martin Heinrich, shot back on X, blasting the president’s recent efforts to rename bodies of water via executive order.
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senator → shoot → order
“Three things I will always call by their actual names,” Heinrich wrote.
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Heinrich → call → names
His colleague in the Senate, Ben Ray Luján, echoed the sentiment.
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colleague → echo → sentiment
“It’s New Mexico, always has been and always will be,” he said, adding that Trump will “always be a sinvergüenza” – a spanish word for “scoundrel” and “corrupt”.
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Trump → ’ → scoundrel
“WE ARE NOT CHANGING OUR NAME!” she said in a video, standing on the banks of the Rio Grande, which runs through the state.
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which → change → state
We are fiercely proud of our name, our people, and our places, including this river.”
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We → include → river
We’ll hear from the president at 10.35am ET, when he hosts an event on the Ellipse honoring first responders at the 9/11 terrorist attacks, ahead of the 25th anniversary commemoration this week.
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he → hear → commemoration
Trump is set to unveil a 21-foot steel beam that has been recovered from the World Trade Center that will be on display as part of a “Steel Across America” tour.
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that → set → tour
However, as we noted last week, the president is reportedly not going to be in New York for the anniversary event at Ground Zero, and instead will deliver remarks at the Pentagon.
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president → note → Pentagon
It has long been policy that there are no speeches from the president at the site of the attacks, in order to keep any memorials apolitical.
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It → be → memorials
Trump will spend the rest of the day in closed-door meetings.
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Trump → spend → meetings
At 1pm ET he’s set to sign executive orders, and we’ll let you know if that opens up to the press.
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that → set → press
Trump promotes idea of changing name of New Mexico to 'New America'
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Trump → promote → America
President Donald Trump spent Labor Day posting memes on social media in support of changing the name of the state of New Mexico to ‘New America’ as tense trade negotiations with Mexico ramp up.
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negotiations → spend → Mexico
Trump posted several maps of the US that relabelled the land area of New Mexico as New America on Monday.
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that → post → Monday
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