Posted on 10/02/2020 11:13:38 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said everything is on the table if Democrats win a majority of the Senate, including making Puerto Rico and Washington, DC, states.
Im not busting my chops to become majority leader to do very little or nothing. We are going to get a whole lot done. And as Ive said, everything, everything is on the table, the New York Democrat said on MSNBCs The ReidOut on Wednesday....
Host Joy Reid asked Schumer if statehood would be on the table for Washington and Puerto Rico if Democrats control the chamber next year.
I would believe me, on DC and Puerto Rico, particularly if Puerto Rico votes for it, DC already has voted for it and wants it. Id love to make them states, he said.
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If they want PR to be a part of the US, just make it a part of New York State.
No, it would make sense to give DC back to Maryland, not create a new state.
Since Virginia is now a blue state, making a state of the D of C and northern Virginia would create a new red state in the remainder of Virginia. Same number of blue states, plus an additional red state.
North New York, South Virginia (yes, a third Virginia), South Illinois...
I would agree to statehood to DC if they expanded the borders to include the entire DC Metro area including Baltimore. That would increase the chance of Maryland and Virginia becoming Red states. I would also ban the federal government from offering any kind of financial assistance to the new state that is not available to every other state in the union.
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