>And the chances of an amendment happening are zero, so this is grandstanding<
In a sane world, with sane politicians, this would preclude the addition of this carved-out piece of real estate being added to statehood. I hope you’re right and I’m totally wrong.
I wish I’d kept the info, but it appears solidly dead in the water. Of course if Trump wasn’t going to be in the WH with mil action of mass arrests, who knows.
But I am confident the above will happen.