Only 6 blacks have been popularly elected to the Senate. What do y’all think about Statehood for DC?

[Armchair Militant]

Edward Brooke
Carol Mosely Braun
Obama
Kamala
Booker
Tim Scott

The others were appointed. We have had very little representation in the Senate historically.

Most of our people are in the South, which hurts their political power on the federal level. Black folks in the South rarely get to pick Senators because the GOP runs shyt. Not to mention the absence of black governors.

Tim Scott is a c00n.

We have Kamala and Booker.

This would be the blackest state in the nation and an automatic two seats for Dems. This shyt should've been done a long time ago.

 

[Armchair Militant]

Anyone who disagrees is a c00n until I hear a good argument.

 

[the cac mamba]

i think it should happen its retarded that DC doesnt get to send people to the senate

that argument about "the capitol not being political" is bullshyt. i kinda understand it, but at this point it's way too big to not be represented

 

[GodinDaFlesh]

Keep it a buck, only reason it's not a state is because it's too black, too urban and too Democratic

 

[88m3]

It's a must

 

[F K]

PR and DC and we should combine the Dakotas while we are at it

 

[Geek Nasty]

It was intended to be a neutral pseudo-state and wasn't made an official state to prevent it from having super-state powers;. Since all state representation would be headquartered there if it was a regular state every rep would be biased towards giving DC special advantages.

Remember how much time Reps and Sens spend there. They're all effectively representatives of DC, so if it had regular statehood DC would get all kinds of favoritism and pet projecxts to make the lives of politicians easy.

The problem is the balance has swung the other way (I agree because it's a democrat stronghold with large black representation).

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

DC statehood never made sense to me.

It would just be attacked by partisans as not being politically neutral ground. Therse no telling what a republican would do to rat fukk democrats out of access to resources, etc.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

i think it should happen its retarded that DC doesnt get to send people to the senate

that argument about "the capitol not being political" is bullshyt. i kinda understand it, but at this point it's way too big to not be represented

They shouldn't be allowed to vote then.

And people choose to live here. If you care so much about politics, go to VA or MD.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

It was intended to be a neutral pseudo-state and wasn't made an official state to prevent it from having super-state powers;. Since all state representation would be headquartered there if it was a regular state every rep would be biased towards giving DC special advantages.

Remember how much time Reps and Sens spend there. They're all effectively representatives of DC, so if it had regular statehood DC would get all kinds of favoritism and pet projecxts to make the lives of politicians easy.

The problem is the balance has swung the other way (I agree because it's a democrat stronghold with large black representation).

All of this.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Puerto Rico should be a state. I agree with that.

DC? Hell no.

Unless yall want confederate statues next to the Lincoln memorial

Defunding Howard University

 

[Professor Emeritus]

PR and DC and we should combine the Dakotas while we are at it

Getting DC and PR alone would be great. Combine the Dakotas and then have Colorado or Montana annex Wyoming and we REALLY talking.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Fix the spelling of my soror’s name

Carol Moseley Braun

 

[Baka's Weird Case]

DC's population is already bigger than states like Wyoming. the argument that "if you care about politics you should move to VA or MD" is stupid as fukk because it assumes thats an easy thing for everyone to do. people shouldn't have to uproot their whole lives for representation in the senate and the house. also that would encourage gentrification in a city where this is already a significant problem.

 

[Conan]

1. Not sure what DC statehood has to do with the number of African American senators (it is an appalling number and an indictment on this country and both parties). Bit confused by the title.

2. Yes, DC should be a state. I doubt that will happen anytime soon (why didn't Obama make this a priority in his first two years and sweep in DC and PR)