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Posted on 05/06/2026 10:03:22 PM PDT by Cronos
While criticizing a recent speech, Ocasio-Cortez took issue with what she claimed was Rubio’s statement that America’s cowboys came from Spain.
“My favorite part was when he said that American cowboys came from Spain,” she said in her criticism of Rubio’s speech. “And I believe the Mexicans and descendants of African enslaved peoples would like to have a word on that.”
The History Channel reports that America’s cowboy culture stretches back further than America itself, to the era of Spanish colonialism.
“Hundreds of years before there was the American cowboy, there was the vaquero,” it says, referring to expert horsemen who came after the Spaniards landed in 1519 in what is now Mexico.
The first vaqueros, it says, were “Indigenous Mesoamerican men who learned from their Spanish colonizers how to herd cattle on horseback.”
Independent historian Pablo A. Rangel, who has studied vaquero history extensively, says it is “a forgotten history of centuries of horsemanship in the Americas that roots the vaqueros in the colonial past.”
The word “vaquero” itself comes from “vaca,” which is the Spanish word for cow. As Spain extended its North American Empire into what are now Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and California, the vaquero played a crucial role. The vaquero domesticated wild horses, braided ropes, constructed saddles, and learned to use a lasso expertly.
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Where have all the cowboys gone?
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What a moron she is.
Is it true AOC said he favorite actor was John Wayne?
Caballero /kăb″ə-lâr′ō, -əl-yâr′ō, kä″bä-yĕ′rō/noun
1. A Spanish gentleman; a cavalier.
2. A man who is skilled in riding and managing horses; a horseman.
3. A knight or cavalier; hence, a gentleman.
AOC couldn't school a five year old on how to chew bubble gum while walking.
Also President of the SCTV Network
The Spanish also introduced domestic cattle to the Americas. Otherwise we’d be talking about Bisonboys instead of cowboys.
Not to mention Disney’s Three Caballeros which debuted in 1944.
I'd say she's dumb as a sack of doorknobs, but I don't want to insult any bags of doorknobs.
Andalusian horses are beautiful. However, for my dumbass American waysI I will stick with Arabian, Quarter, or Paint horses. Each to their own choices. Cowboys are born with a long ancestry. If you got the nerve to strap that pony on, you’re headed in the right direction. AOC is an idiot by the way. IMO
Good one, guy!
She was thinking of her old job, as in, “ . . .take a seat, cowboy, what can I get for you? One bourbon, one scotch and one beer. . . .”
Anybody?
Anybody?
Bueller?
Bueller?
Don’r laugh. She might be Harras’ pick for VP. Reminds me of how World War Eleven started when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor.
Don’r laugh. She might be Harras’ pick for VP. Reminds me of how World War Eleven started when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor.
Exactly!!! 👍
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