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  1. The AtlanticHannah Giorgis1/9/219 min
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    • SEnkey3 years ago

      I have to say I'm really not for DC Statehood. For me it isn't a partisan issue. States and localities are always changing partisan affiliation. Just wait fifty years and DC could be a Republican strong hold. After all, starting from the White House you have to travel 27 miles in any direction before reaching an area where the majority of folks aren't in the top 1%.

      The whole point of having a district was that the seat of government wouldn't be held hostage by any one state (situated between two and centrally located at the time). With that in mind I would be for ceding large parts of the district to Maryland and Virginia. Or moving the capitol all together (maybe middle of the country geographically or rotating between cities every so many years like the superbowl).

      I'm all for Puerto Rican statehood and allowing California or Texas to create more states out of their existing boundaries. But I don't think statehood would solve the issues laid out in the article.