Reality sets in. If the republicans felt they had any chance of retaining the senate they would

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2. I hope Democrats now truly understand republicans

They take advantage of every advantage. I can guarantee that if an island group full of white evangelicals wanted statehood, it would have already happened. Puerto Rico statehood is low hanging fruit for Democrats to add two Senators. We need to be aggressive when we have power to keep power.