Why DC Statehood Would Strip Joe Manchin of His Power

[WhoIsNumberNone]

[jorgevlorgan]

1. So would the 2022 election, most likely.

One way or the other...

[bahboo]

2. D.C. and Puerto Rico...

it's time...

[Bev54]

3. DC, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands!

That will only happen if the dems can win more seats in the senate in 2022, then there will be no turning back.

[bahboo]

4. yep...forgot A.V.I....

absolutely....

[soldierant]

9. Even if Stacey Plaskett were the only person who lved there

I would be in favor of USVI Statehood.

[Budi]

5. I'm not obsessed with stripping any D of their power. Just Republicans.

If Manchin's D gave us Senate majority then fine with me.

It's the Repubs that need to be driven to zero power.

[speak easy]

6. I'm VERY interested in stripping Republicans out of the Senate.

Very interested indeed.

[Budi]

8. Yup. As many as we can. They deserve to be seated at the kid's table

Far from the table where life & death decisions can be negotiated, debated & concluded for the best of this American populace.

[WHITT]

7. Indeed

but this needs to be treated like the frog in the pot, when it comes to Manchin and the rest. Just talk about DC for now, with no mention of Puerto Rico and the U.S Virgin Islands.

There's always been a case for DC statehood, with more people living in DC than in either Vermont or Wyoming, and the residents pay more in federal taxes than 20 other states.

But now, there's the added security issue, in that if DC was a state on Jan 6th, the mayor could have called the governor, and DC national guard troops could have been on the scene in minutes, instead of hours later thanks to Donnie blocking their deployment.

Once you have two additional Dem Senators, THEN it would be easy to make Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands states.