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 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 as 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...