[Kozak]

Senate Republicans should sponsor a bill to return all but the Federal Mall area, all the inhabited parts of DC back to Maryland.

[xkaydet65]

That would be the fairest solution and one that has precedent with the Va half having been returned in 1847

[Jimmy Valentine]

No thank you. We have enough problems.

[hanamizu]

Senate Republicans should sponsor a bill to return all but the Federal Mall area, all the inhabited parts of DC back to Maryland.

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But then there’s the problem of the 23rd Amendment that gives the District 3 Electoral votes. The only Constitutional way the District can become a state is by amending the Constitution. But that won’t stop the dems from trying.

[Albion Wilde]

Senate Republicans should sponsor a bill to return all but the Federal Mall area, all the inhabited parts of DC back to Maryland

That would be more complicated than partitioning Pakistan from India, as there are no clear lines of distinction—residences, historic sites disfavored by Democrats but visited by millions of tourists, federal buildings, private businesses and federally-supportrd monuments and parks are thoroughly mixed together. It would mean there would never be space for any new public buildings or facilities, and would also X out historic areas like the national zoo, the national cathedral, the arboretum, many sites along the Potomac like the Kennedy Center and Georgetown University, the Rock Creek parkland that traverses the entire city north to south, and would make a nightmare of fighting about traffic management and security for congresspersons and other residents with security concerns. This is just a Hail Mary pass to grab Democrat votes.