US EditionAOC And Rubio Spar Over The Spanish Origins Of The American West
Rubio highlights Spanish colonial roots of the cowboy, while Ocasio-Cortez stresses indigenous, Mexican, and African contributions to American Western culture.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated at the Munich Security Conference that American cowboy culture originated from Spain, with horses, ranches, and rodeos introduced by Spanish settlers in the early 1500s.
- Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez challenged Rubio's statement, arguing that Mexicans and descendants of African enslaved peoples also contributed to the culture and contest the exclusive Spanish origin claim.
- Historical evidence supports that Spanish explorers brought horses to the Americas and established ranching traditions, which indigenous peoples later adopted.
- Rubio emphasized America's shared European heritage and cultural roots, while Ocasio-Cortez critiqued this view as a narrow appeal to Western culture that overlooks non-European influences.
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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is being mocked by her comments during her participation in the Munich Security Conference, where she publicly questioned a speech by Marco Rubio in which, she said, the Secretary of State attributed the origin of U.S. cowboys only to Spain.Read more
The U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, claimed responsibility this Sunday at the Munich 2026 Security Conference for Spain’s heritage in the American West and in the cowboy; that is, he wanted to highlight the Spanish –and European – roots in American DNA. “Our horses, our ranches, our rodeos... Everything romantic about the Western American cowboy archetype was born in Spain,” Rubio said in Munich. And yes. Marco Rubio is right. Because the …
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AOC Attempts To Mock Marco Rubio Over Basic Historical Fact — It Quickly Blows Up In Her Face
Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attempted to mock Secretary of State Marco Rubio for stating that Spanish explorers brought horses to Mexico.
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