[wildcard_redneck]

That is all that the parasitic capital city needs, 2 senators to grab more power.

It is impossible because it is unconstitutional. It’s not by accident or oversight that the nation’s capital isn’t a state: The Founding Fathers wrote it into the Constitution. Article I, Section 8 provides explicitly for a national capital that would not be part of a state nor treated as a state, but rather a unique enclave under the exclusive authority of Congress — a neutral “district” in which representatives of all the states could meet on an equal footing to conduct the nation’s business.

[OldGoatCPO]

I believe the call for DC Statehood for is a lot of pandering. It has been tried before. I say we make a trade. Split California into two States for DC and PR. I do not think this is a serious threat the next year will be hell. They have to get all their pet projects through before January 2022 and the mid terms. They cannot waste time on something as contentious and time consuming as a Statehood issue.
Ratification alone will be hard to get and require a lot of horse trading and politicking.

[OldGoatCPO]

I believe the call for DC Statehood for is a lot of pandering. It has been tried before. I say we make a trade. Split California into two States for DC and PR. I do not think this is a serious threat the next year will be hell. They have to get all their pet projects through before January 2022 and the mid terms. They cannot waste time on something as contentious and time consuming as a Statehood issue.
I misunderstood an article I read on the Statehood issue. I believe it would take a constitutional amendment to ratify DC Statehood, but the 2/3 of states approving would not apply to PR. They can make PR a State and Biden sign it and be done. One article said PR Statehood would be damaging to the US economy right now. While it would give Dems two new Senators, it would drag the economy further in to the gutter because PR is an economic basket case. There is some concern that a referendum would fail in PR as well.

[CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC]

You say it's not Constitutional?

No problem. First pack SCOTUS with 7 Socialists. Then they will rule that ANYthing Congress wants to do is Constitutional.