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2020-06-26 -PC Follies

House Democrats will vote to make Washington D.C. a state - and rename the District of Columbia the Douglass Commonwealth

[Daily Mail] House Democrats are poised to pass a bill that would make Washington, D.C., the nation's 51st state

D.C. would no longer stand for District of Columbia and instead be the 'Douglass Commonwealth,' named for the Maryland-born abolitionist Frederick Douglass
Wakanda is already spoken for.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer explained that Douglass, a Marylander, would balance out George Washington, a Virginian
Yeah, that's the ticket. Another famous Maryland Democrat: John Wilkes Booth
The bill is expected to pass the Democrat-led House, but go nowhere in the Republican-ruled Senate

Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.C.'s non-voting House members, said she expected the GOP to lose the Senate and the White House in November
I expect Democrats to lose the Hose and Holmes-Norten to commit Suicide by Cop.
Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden tweeted Thursday afternoon that he approved of D.C. statehood
Joe always had a fondness for hoods.
Republicans have been averse to the move because the city is overwhelmingly Democratic and statehood would likely give them two Democratic senators
That's why you give back the residential areas to Maryland and Virginia and cut off the obscenely generous federal government subsidized salaries and welfare benefits. Best of all, bye bye Norton.

Posted by Ebberens Glimp4613 2020-06-26 07:39|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top

#1 Another Donk 'we don't like the Constitution' as written -

The Congress shall have Power To… exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States… (The U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 17)

It can't be a state without an amendment. However, we apparently don't need an Article V change with our ~~rulers~~ SCOTUS.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-06-26 12:20|| 2020-06-26 12:20|| Front Page Top

#2 It's not likely that a Constitutional Amendment would pass muster.

After watching the riots in D.C., the district government is not ready for statehood. They cannot even protect the District and its inhabitants and its property from mob violence.

Posted by JohnQC 2020-06-26 12:27|| 2020-06-26 12:27|| Front Page Top

#3 And Frederick Douglass would be appalled at its current condition.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2020-06-26 12:40|| 2020-06-26 12:40|| Front Page Top

#4 DC A-G sues major oil companies for misleading consumers on climate change

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-06-26 13:30|| 2020-06-26 13:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Why not carve out the Federal District and give back the rest to Maryland? That should stop the residents of DC from bitching about "no taxation without representation".

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2020-06-26 13:46|| 2020-06-26 13:46|| Front Page Top

#6 Maybe I've seen The Hanger Games, but my first thought was Capital District.

The concept of a neutral, whatever it is in practice *Marion Barry Cough*, Round Table Gathering is correct.

An En Passant move.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-06-26 14:48|| 2020-06-26 14:48|| Front Page Top

Ha! Douglasville, GA. The sister city. No, sorry, you don't want to go there either.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-06-26 15:01|| 2020-06-26 15:01|| Front Page Top

#8 Notice how the Dems "LEAD" the house but the 'Pubs "RULE" the Senate.

No bias there nope, no siree Bob.

Disgusting is too mile a word.

Posted by AlanC 2020-06-26 15:13|| 2020-06-26 15:13|| Front Page Top

#9 40 years of this agitation, aggression, and idiocy "Lead" by Pelosi and the sub human democrats.

Posted by newc 2020-06-26 17:11|| 2020-06-26 17:11|| Front Page Top

#10 They just looking for more blue seats in the Senate and House.

Posted by bbrewer126 2020-06-26 21:36|| 2020-06-26 21:36|| Front Page Top

#11 More kabuki for the rubes. It’ll never even get on the docket in the senate, and if by some chance the Democrats win both houses of Congress and the White House, they wouldn’t do anything about it anyway.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-06-26 22:07|| 2020-06-26 22:07|| Front Page Top

#12 Just call D.C. "[egesta] hole". Anybody have a Ouija board to speak with Marion Barry?

Posted by Clem 2020-06-26 22:10|| 2020-06-26 22:10|| Front Page Top

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