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Jon Walker in The Week: Statehood for D.C. and Puerto Rico only needs 50 votes

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Many journalists and political commentators have been pessimistic about the possibility of statehood for the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. This seems to be primarily because, despite the recent Democratic victories in Georgia, moderate senators like Joe Manchin (D-W.V.), Diane Feinstein (D-Calif), and Angus King (I-Maine) continue to support the legislative filibuster. It is impossible to imagine Republican senators voting to give Democratic-leaning areas full representation, so the issue must be dead on arrival in the upper chamber. But in a recent CNN interview, Manchin himself provided evidence for why this thinking is all wrong.

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  1. RW Davis says

    Granting statehood to DC and PR would be two of the most toxic partisan moves the Liberals could make. Do you understand that 75 million people would be against this (plus many more centrist Dems who hated Trump but aren’t hate filled Leftists). If that’s what you want, to ignite even greater division and partisanship…go for it. But you won’t get what you want, and the country will be torn apart.

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