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onetexan

(13,041 posts) Sat Oct 24, 2020, 02:45 PM Oct 2020

Statehoods for DC & Puerto Rico Democrats will add an additional 4 Senatorial seats to the Senate [View all]

Come Jan 3rd when Dems take control of the Senate we need to push for statehoods for these 2 protectorates!! Hmm while i'm at it, maybe even Guam, Marianna Island, & American Somoa, and make it an even 10?

GOP have made our lives hell last 4 years. Let's protect our chances going forward & make it much harder for them to gain a majority in the years ahead!

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Statehoods for DC & Puerto Rico Democrats will add an additional 4 Senatorial seats to the Senate [View all] onetexan Oct 2020 OP

I'm in! BlueJac Oct 2020 #1

Is this doable? nt Quixote1818 Oct 2020 #2

Two new states for sure are doable. SoonerPride Oct 2020 #8

Spot on,remove the filibuster & ram thru the bill onetexan Oct 2020 #11

Guam would go republican due to the very large military population. The Mariana BComplex Oct 2020 #3

Yep.i wouldn't go there with the South Pacific. DC, Virgin Islands and PR would do nicely. Dream Girl Oct 2020 #4

Sounds good to me! BComplex Oct 2020 #6

Ah yes 4got USVI, one of my fav vacay spots onetexan Oct 2020 #12

I don't know that Puerto Rico would swing Democratic. The statehood party aligns with the GOP. eallen Oct 2020 #5

It's hard to imagine that after what trump did, that Puerto Rico wouldn't lean to the BComplex Oct 2020 #7

Good point. If only politics in recent years hadn't outrun my imagination! eallen Oct 2020 #9

Agree, seriously dont think PR would lean Repugs after that fiasco onetexan Oct 2020 #10