Civil Unrest Sparks Create the 51st State?

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The House of Representatives is laying the groundwork for a potentially historic vote Friday that aims to grant the District of Columbia statehood, as Democrats say the district’s more than 700,000 citizens have been “disenfranchised” for too long.

“For the first time, statehood will put an end to our oldest slogan: ‘taxation without representation,’” Holmes Norton, D-D.C., said at a recent press conference.

In an interview with the New York Post last month, President Donald Trump indicated that he would ...

Read in its entirety: House set to vote on DC statehood to create Washington, Douglass Commonwealth

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It won't pass as long as the U.S. Senate or the presidency is in GOP hands. Washington, D.C. residents routinely vote 90%+ Democrat. This would guarantee two extra liberal Democratic U.S. Senators and one extra liberal Democrat Congressman.

I'm indifferent as to whether D.C., or Puerto Rico for that matter, becomes the 51st state. But there's realpolitik to consider. The political caste are loath to give up any advantage for nothing in return.

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D.C. has a larger population than wyoming or vermont. Why shouldn't the residents of the district have a say in what happens?

Make them a state after the election. There’s a weird kind of taxation without representation thing with how the district was created under the purview of congress.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/states/

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4 hours ago, emtb2rn said:

D.C. has a larger population than wyoming or vermont. Why shouldn't the residents of the district have a say in what happens?

Make them a state after the election. There’s a weird kind of taxation without representation thing with how the district was created under the purview of congress.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/states/

House passes bill to make DC the 51st state, but GOP opposition means bill unlikely to advance further

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/06/26/washington-dc-statehood-house-vote-making-district-51st-state/3198707001/

Lots of info here:

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