Your thinking of the 23rd ammendment. All that does is give DC electors even though it is not a state. It does not state that DC CANNOT apply for statehood. I’m just saying there is a way they can get senators and representatives while staying within the framework of the Constitution. The Dems are trying to ignore the Constitution and they really dont even have to do that. But they consider the Consitution irrelevant anyway so it doesn’t really surprise me.
Nope. The 23rd Amendment has nothing to do with it. The establishment and definition of DC is part of the original Constitution, and it is, by definition, NOT a state. And I see no way it can legitimately be considered a state unless an amendment is passed to allow it.
"The Congress shall have Power To… exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States… (The U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 17)"