Hyphenated-Politician Doesn't Know Location of Arizona Border

Peggy West, a Milwaukee County Supervisor, made a huge blunder on the geographic location of Arizona. She publicly stated that Arizona is not a border state. She was later corrected by a fellow supervisor.

What makes this so disturbing is Peggy's heritage is allegedly from Mexico. She clearly has no discerning accent; yet, she describes herself as a Hispanic-American. She has made the decision to distinguish herself from other Americans by usage of her ethnicity. Having done so, you would think she would know the geographic location of her hyphenated origins.

Maybe Peggy West should drop the hyphenation and just be an American; then maybe she wouldn't feel so conflicted about border issues.