McSally: If DC and Puerto Rico become states GOP will "never get the Senate back again"

[riversedge]

suck on it McSally--YOU are going down down down==with your pal dumpy trumpy



McSally: If DC and Puerto Rico become states GOP will "never get the Senate back again" http://hill.cm/s59F2bS

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McSally: Democrats would make DC and Puerto Rico states if they win Senate
By John Bowden - 08/11/20 04:58 PM EDT


Arizona Sen. Martha McSally (R) claimed Tuesday that Senate Democrats would move to pass statehood bills for the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico should they retake control of the chamber in November.

In an interview with NBC News, the Republican senator speculated that Democrats would seek to make the nation's capital and Puerto Rico full U.S. states with Senate and House representation, a move she said would permanently prevent Republican control of the Senate.

"If they win the White House, the Senate, the House, they're already saying they're going to ram through the most radical agenda in American history," McSally said.

"There's so much at stake here. They're going to make D.C. and Puerto Rico a state and get four new Democrat Senators. We'd never get the Senate back again. And look, this is just the implications of this seat, the implications of this vote," the senator added.

[Thekaspervote]

1. CAN'T WAIT!! You and your gop ilk never deserve to hold the majority again EVER!!

[SheltieLover]

4. This!👆

Well said!

[Polybius]

2. If DC becomes a state, any idea where the new Capital will be?

Wonder if the White House can stay.

[Hekate]

11. The US Capitol will still be DC. I didn't know until recently that there are more people there...

...than are in 3 other states. And they have one non-voting Representative in the House, and a Mayor. They deserve better.

It occurs to me that you mean where would the new state capitol be — interesting question! I wonder if the Mayor has any idea?

[Polybius]

14. The US Capital can't be in a state

It’s in the Constitution.

[JHB]

19. Does the Constitution stipulate the size of the federal district?

If not, then shrink it to the areas that are essential to conducting federal business.

[grantcart]

22. The area that would contain the Capital buildings would remain a federal district

The rest of Washington would be a state under current proposals.

I am against it in any case.

PR voters are split 50 50 on statehood (and have been for a long time) so that issue is moot until there is a significant change in PR opinion.

[DFW]

16. That's doable

Just shrink the federal area to the area immediately connecting the Capitol, Supreme Court and major departments in the Constitution Ave.-Pennsylvania Ave. area down to the Smithsonian. That can be the new stateless D.C., with ghe White house near the western border, and the rest can be the new State of Columbia. It would already be an ethnically and economically diverse state from the poorer northeast to the fancy northwest, which already boasts 3 major universities. Official languages would already need to include English, Spanish, Ibo, Amharic, Créole and Ashanti, if the taxi drivers are any indication.

[unblock]

3. how much more proof do we need that republicans do not believe in democracy?

rather than change their philosophy to appeal to more people, they seek to deny representation to the people.


if everyone in america 18 or over who was ever a citizen was allowed to vote and get voting representation in congress, republicans would be absolutely demolished.

[SheltieLover]

5. From your keyboard

To Karma's ears! 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

[Terry_M]

6. I was going to vote anyway but now I want to vote even more

[madaboutharry]

7. This one is a particular kind of creep.

Just like Trump, saying the quiet part out loud.

[Retrograde]

8. I have a radical idea

maybe, just maybe, the Republican party can try to behave as if it represents the people of Puerto Rico and DC (and the rest of the country for that matter). Act like you're there for them and they just might vote for you!

[JI7]

9. The Republican Party is only about fear of Black and Brown people taking over

[WheelWalker]

10. Ram it? I say, "Ram it good"."Ram it Home"

[yonder]

12. Harder and faster, too.

[Maven]

13. Translation: If the Senate is more representative of the major as opposed to a minority-rule chamber

We'll never be able to win.

[RhodeIslandOne]

15. Good

Also, bye bye McNutty.

[eShirl]

17. goals.

[smirkymonkey]

18. That would be a damn shame, wouldn't it?

Go to hell, Martha.

[NewJeffCT]

20. That would mean

if the Republicans want to win in swing or blue states, they'd need to run SANE, moderate candidates not bat shit crazy lunatics.

[JHB]

21. You could always try APPEALING TO VOTERS, eh, Martha?

Naaaaaah, can't have that.

[mcar]

23. She says this like it's a bad thing

[Kid Berwyn]

24. The People of DC and PR deserve full representation in Congress.

They are citizens of the United States. They bear the full responsibilities of citizenship. They deserve the full rights of citizenship. Most, if not many, are open minded to political discourse. They might vote Republican if that party advanced good policies or good candidates for office. Been a long time sine Eisenhower and Milliken, though.