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Mayor of DC calls for statehood. That would be a great result of all these protests. (Same for PR) -- (link)

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Jun 3 '20, 13:16

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https://twitter.com/MayorBowser/status/1268190751210553344 (twitter.com)

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I wish Donnie would have tried to topple the government and control the police. -- nm - loosilu Jun 3, 13:19 1
- Wait for it... -- nm - Mop Jun 3, 14:09
Rhode Island says "Aw, hell no. You're not stealing our smallest state title." -- nm - Ba'rona Beast Jun 3, 13:18
Not going to happen. -- nm - spamlet Jun 3, 13:17 11
- Not a chance, though both DC and PR should be states -- nm - ty97 Jun 3, 13:17 10
  - PR has the easier path. There's little opposition to it outside of PR itself. -- nm - Ba'rona Beast Jun 3, 13:21 5
    - DeMoCrAtIc StAtE -- nm - ty97 Jun 3, 13:24 3
      - Even worse .... *whisper* They're Hispanic. -- nm - loosilu Jun 3, 13:29
      - Yup. Republicans are in no rush to add them for that reason -- nm - Krusty Jun 3, 13:27 1
        
        And yet it was right there in the GOP platform in 2016. -- nm - Ba'rona Beast Jun 3, 13:28
    - Trumpers are opposed to it, because, you know. -- nm - loosilu Jun 3, 13:24
  - create two new democratic states? like that would happen, maybe if you let CA break into red-blue states, WA and OR too -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 3, 13:21 2
    - we are literally as polarized as pre civil war where you couldn't add a non slave state without a slave state to carry the tie -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 3, 13:26 1
      - Battle Cry of Freedom describes this very well. It's such a great book. -- nm - mud Jun 3, 13:29
  - Agreed. -- nm - loosilu Jun 3, 13:19

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