Yeah the saying always was: It's not New and it's not Mexico When I first learned the phrase, I thought it cute but then learned the history and found it amazing

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The real irony of the history is the Mexicans calling themselves Americans before the Americans called themselves Americans

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The name of New Mexico is funny because it's one of those things that you'd think is really simple (oh, it's it used to be part of old Mexico, so we'll call it New Mexico!), but it's much more complex New Mexico as the name for the area predates Mexico by several hundred years!

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Mexico comes from the Nahuatl word Mēxihko, which is either the name for the valley where Tenōchtitlan was built or for the Aztec people who lived there (they debate which came first) After the Aztecs fell, the conquistadors moved north, looking for new rich cities to conquer—a new Mexico

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The man who asked the question is a literal white nationalist operative who is suggesting El-Sayed is a terrorist and these fucking twerps are like “He came off a little smug”

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