Lindsey Graham catches the vapors over the prospect of D.C. statehood

[marmar]

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WCBD) – On Monday, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) commented on recent legislation passed by the House of Representatives that would grant statehood to Washington, DC.

The legislation would “elevate DC to a state and provide its residents with two voting members in the US Senate.” Graham said that these two members, whom he assumes will be Democrats, would “(cancel) out the votes of a state like South Carolina with two Republican Senators.”

Graham described the move as “a brazen power grab by the Democratic Party to change the makeup of Congress in a manner that is detrimental to South Carolina and every other state.” He said that DC was “established as a neutral venue to conduct the affairs of the nation,” and therefore, “the effort, on its face, is unconstitutional.” ............(more)

https://www.counton2.com/news/south-carolina-news/lindsey-graham-dc-statehood-is-a-threat-to-sc/

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. Fuck you, Lindsey, you sniveling wretch.....

Statehood for D.C. despite what Lady G says.

[Renew Deal]

2. Good luck going to court and challenging the foundation of a state.

And I don't want to hear about power grabs from republicans.

[elleng]

3. DC MAY have been established as a neutral venue . . .

but it has become also a residential site, wherein residents pay more in taxes than those in several states.

Sorry, lindsey

[RDANGELO]

4. States that have only one rep in the house, but two Senators.

Alaska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wyoming
Montana
Vermont

All of them are Republican except for Vermont.

[lame54]

5. Power grabbers really detest power grabbers

[Hortensis]

18. Sure do! I'd be sick if DC was bright red. :).

[captain queeg]

6. DC has more residents than Wyoming and Vermont.

Seems appropriate they’d have the same representation. The world changes, as does the US.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

7. My first thought, too.

D.C. population: 706,000
Wyoming population: 579,000
Vermont population: 624,000
North Dakota: 762,000

Kind of takes the wind out of Lindsey's sails.........

[Hortensis]

19. Absolutely!

[pecosbob]

8. Okay Lindsey...I'll bite

Graham said that these two members, whom he assumes will be Democrats, would “(cancel) out the votes of a state like South Carolina with two Republican Senators.”

It might be said given their record on vote suppression and Jim Crow, etc, that the citizens of South Carolina do not deserve two Senators.

[Xolodno]

9. You know....this wouldn't even have gotten to where we are, if...

...we simply added an amendment to allow a DC Representative to have full voting privileges in the House.

But the GOP made damn sure it never happened. It's not like there ever is close vote in the House, usually one side or the other had more than enough votes. So it was really silly to deny DC. And now, here we are.

[Retrograde]

10. So? The votes of SC's senators cancel out

the votes of my two Democratic senators.

(I'd actually like to see the District - with the exception of the core government buildings around the Capitol and White House) revert to Maryland. There's precedent for doing that without a constitutional amendment. Lindsey is still an idiot, though.)

[denbot]

11. Yeah, lick Putin's ass Lady G.

Go ahead and alert. I’ve been on this board since ‘01, and I’ll be here after the last troll leaves..

[struggle4progress]

12. "This would be so unfair after all of Vlad's hard work to help us!"

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

13. Is there a reason DC can't be given back to Maryland?

Then residents would have representation, Maryland would probably pick up a (D) representative.

[TheBlackAdder]

14. If Puerto Rico would like to be a state, perhaps we can get a two-fer and make it a nice even 52.

[mshasta]

15. where is the fainting couch !!

ooohhh the horrors

[Happy Hoosier]

16. The fully knows that the current balance of power in the Senate...

... is allowing them to maintain a level of of political power that is not even close to commensurate with how the public votes. This is their only path to maintaining political power.

[Goodheart]

17. Let's not overlook Puerto Rico!