Marjorie Taylor Greene demands Congress 'force' Gulf of Mexico name change as UK refuses to adopt new name
Marjorie Taylor Greene demands Congress 'force' Gulf of Mexico name change as UK refuses to adopt new name
Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene took to social media to demand that Congress use "force" in renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
Summary
Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is pushing legislation to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, arguing the U.S. military and taxpayers secure the region, making it "our gulf."
Greene shared the proposal text on social media, calling for federal agencies to adopt the name change.
She linked the renaming effort to combatting Mexican cartel activity in the Gulf.
Trump supported the name change in a 2024 executive order, but there has been no indication of international adoption, including by the UK.
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I am an old man originally from Texas. Its name is the Gulf of Mexico and I'm going to dead name it until the day I die.
This whole naming process is a smoke screen for the criminal and fascist bullshit the Trump Administration & friends are trying to pull.
I hope Tecciztecatl or Coyolxauhqui takes offense to this and slams the Moon into the Earth like Majora's Mask. This world is too stupid to live.
Where are the other old Texan men with your values?
Not many, it's why I left.
What are Tecciztecatl and Coyolxauhqui the gods of? I presume that they’re from Mayan myth…
Short answer: Aztec moon gods.
Long answer:
Both Coyolxauhqui and Tecciztecatl are lunar deities.
According to the traditions of Central Mexico Tecciztecatl (also known as Tecuciztecatl) was the son (with breasts) of Tlaloc & Chalchiuhtlicue. Their name translates to "Person from Conch Land (place)" and is depicted with a sea shell on their head in the Codex Borgia. He was chosen to become the new solar deity in Teotihuacán during the creation of the 5th sun, but hesitated at the last moment. Nanahuatzin then threw himself into the sacred pyre created for the ritual thus becoming Tonatiuh the sun. Tecciztecatl shamed then followed becoming the moon (after getting a rabbit thrown at them).
Coyolxauhqui is a lunar deity in the pantheon of the Tonochca who are the Mexica residents of Tenochtitlán. She is the sister of Huitzilopochtli the patron deity of the altepetl (city-state) who was a solar deity and her a lunar counterpart. She was dismembered by Huitzilopochtli and either all her parts or just her head (I can't remember which) was thrown into the sky to become the moon.
The word Aztec was invented in the early 1800's by a German scholar so that's why I pointed out regional differences.
Thanks! So apparently I was wrong on what my this they come from, but it’s all quite enlightening!
You're more than welcome. I'm an absolute Aztec history dork so it's always a pleasure to rant about them. Truthfully I don't know about the Maya as much as central Mexico, but I know their moon goddess is called Ix Chel who holds a rabbit a lot.
while I get the sentiment, it's common to call Deutchland "Germany," "Allemagne" (or similar sounding) "Tiskland" or "Xīdé" depending on your language. A lot of languages have a variant similar to
Nyeh + mass + ka
No place really has a set "name."