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Post by n00b on Jul 1, 2021 16:36:20 GMT -5
So you'd be equally content with DC residents being allowed to vote for Senators and representatives in Virginia or Maryland? That seems like a much less controversial fix. 3) who cares what's "controversial" to n00b? Absolutely nobody. Pretending this isn't a political issue is being extremely dishonest.
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Post by moody on Jul 1, 2021 16:37:46 GMT -5
3) who cares what's "controversial" to n00b? Absolutely nobody. Pretending this isn't a political issue is being extremely dishonest. Who is denying that voter suppression by the Republicans is nothing more than political?
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Post by mervinswerved on Jul 1, 2021 17:00:28 GMT -5
3) who cares what's "controversial" to n00b? Absolutely nobody. Pretending this isn't a political issue is being extremely dishonest. When did I say it wasn't?
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Post by mervinswerved on Jul 1, 2021 17:03:25 GMT -5
Also, way to engage with the entire post.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2021 18:32:26 GMT -5
DC's statehood is NOTHING more than an attempt to create two guaranteed Democratic senators and a couple House reps. lol 1) It's an attempt to ensure representation for 600,000+ people. Ya know, democracy? 2) Shall we explore the Republican Party's attempt to use statehood to regain control of the Senate? See: North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Washington, Idaho, and Wyoming. The admission of those states pretty much teed up the minority rule problem we have today. Are any of them forced to live in an area that isn't permitted to be a state? No? So they could move someplace--like a state--and have representation. As for Republicans adding states to 'regain control of the senate'--before those states were admitted, the Republican Party was already in control of the Senate. You conveniently fail to note that after the admission of those states, the Republicans lost 90 seats in the House giving the Democrats an overwhelming advantage. And if we take your statement as fact, it has no context. Given 1889, you are looking at efforts to prevent a complete southern takeover of Congress and reversal of the freedoms created after the Civil War. The Republican Party of 1889 is not the Republican Party of 2021.
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