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In response to "Mayor of DC calls for statehood. That would be a great result of all these protests. (Same for PR) -- (link)" by Beryllium

Not going to happen. -- nm

Posted by spamlet Jun 3 '20, 13:17

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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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