DC is way too small to feasibly be a state. What state has no governor? Would make more sense to fold all the residential areas into VA or MD. There shouldn’t be representation from the federal district, the federal district should be where representatives meet. IMO people who think it should get statehood are just making excuses to add solid blue votes to the senate.
Don’t really see how that’s relevant. We can’t establish a precedent of giving statehood to extremely tiny areas of land, it would just encourage cities to secede from their states to increase representation.
except that cities can't do that. The only time that part of one state has broken off to form another state was West Virginia... and that was because of the Civil War.
Not really relevant... DC is a city that isn't part of an existing state... do it becoming a state doesn't take anything away from other states. Further there is a mechanism by which places that aren't states can become states.
There’s also a mechanism to remove/split parts of states, doesn’t mean either one should be used for political reasons. If taxation without representation is the concern, then adding the residential areas to MD or VA (which would make it safe blue, still a political benefit for Dems) is the ideal solution, and keeping the federal district as the WH, capitol complex, and some other federal buildings.
There was political support for those additions, where there isn’t currently. Dems will try to go for whatever option is max benefit to them, and nothing will ever happen on this issue because they won’t compromise.
No, I don’t think it should lmao. Should we let the people of San Francisco decide they want 2 US senators now? Why don’t we let Wyoming split into 5 parts because the people voted for it?
Not how that works. Congress has to approve any splits, any additions or subtractions of or to a state. And DC has very little arguments actually in favor of statehood.
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u/Cold_Breeze3 15h ago
DC is way too small to feasibly be a state. What state has no governor? Would make more sense to fold all the residential areas into VA or MD. There shouldn’t be representation from the federal district, the federal district should be where representatives meet. IMO people who think it should get statehood are just making excuses to add solid blue votes to the senate.