[Under normal conditions that would mean big losses for them in 2022 but they will have further perfected methods of voter fraud, plus will have enfranchised millions of illegal aliens, so they could survive a backlash.]
I think giving statehood to DC and PR will be unpopular—but they will do if it they can (even if it means fraudulent reporting of the upteenth referendum in Puerto Rico on their status). But as for the House, it is fixed at 435. It went up briefly when Alaska and Hawaii were made states but that was when the 1960 census was just around the corner. The next census won’t be until 2030. Would they give DC one Congressman and PR just one, or give PR more than one and have them all in addition to the 435, or subtract some seats from other states to give Puerto Rico 6 or 7 seats?