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In reply to the discussion: Somebody let Wyoming know its days are numbered [View all]Tommymac
(7,263 posts)5. DC has NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS sports franchises...but the voters are disenfranchised.
Last edited Tue Mar 23, 2021, 12:51 PM - Edit history (1)
Wyoming has...sheep. And cows. And 2 US Senators and 1 US Representative.
Something is seriously wrong with this picture.
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Rounds is a Senator from South Dakota, a state whose ONLY reason for existence, along
Celerity
Mar 2021
#47
Vermont's isn't, ND's is about 50,000 less, SD about 75,000 more. Wyoming has about 250K less.
marble falls
Mar 2021
#63
"#DCStatehood is really about packing the Senate with Democrats in order to pass a left-wing agenda"
marmar
Mar 2021
#4
DC has NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS sports franchises...but the voters are disenfranchised.
Tommymac
Mar 2021
#5
President Washington was ready to personally kick the asses of the Whiskey Rebellion seditionists.
Marcuse
Mar 2021
#60
If D.C. had been a state Jan 6th, national guard troops could have been there within minutes
KS Toronado
Mar 2021
#9
D.C. needs to be a state just to be able to defend itself from certain cultists and insurrectionists
Hermit-The-Prog
Mar 2021
#10
"#DCStatehood is really about packing the Senate with Democrats in order to pass a left-wing agenda"
ShazzieB
Mar 2021
#16
Aside from the total lack of logic, these "founding fathers" arguments are so damn tiresome.
KPN
Mar 2021
#22
2cd Amendment was written to placate GA, The Carolina's and Virginia so they could have Slave Cops.
Tommymac
Mar 2021
#44
We the People need to work hard and generate an even Bigger Blue Wave in 2022. Failure is NOT
Geechie
Mar 2021
#51
I really hate the 2nd amendment because everyone ignores the first part of the amendment ...
aggiesal
Mar 2021
#57
Wyoming was described by Bill Maher as "a copy-pasted Colorado - without the people"
peppertree
Mar 2021
#26
If DC becomes a state the cost of real property and living in general will skyrocket.
Marcuse
Mar 2021
#39
True. Wealthy Republicans could dominate the DC electorate within ten years after statehood.
Marcuse
Mar 2021
#55
Hmmm...the supporters of that site are a telling story...The Walton Family??????????????????????????
Tommymac
Mar 2021
#56
If Repubs think DC is too small to be a state, let's add Puerto Rico (if they'll have us) to DC.
LaMouffette
Mar 2021
#50
PR & UVSI is already a contiguous area with a population of nearly 3 milliion.
maxsolomon
Mar 2021
#54
Without real voting senators and congresspeople, isn't DC taxation w/o representation?
Ziggysmom
Mar 2021
#71