Rep. Lauren Boebert suggests GOP could rename DC ‘District of America’: 'Keep the jokes at bay'

Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., on Tuesday urged House lawmakers to stop "making fun" of President Donald Trump's renaming of the Gulf of America, suggesting Washington, D.C., could face the same fate. 

Boebert made the remarks during a legislative hearing on the Gulf of America Act to support Trump’s executive order.

"I would caution my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to refrain from making fun of the Gulf of America because next up may end up being the District of America...