Isn't the Constitution pretty clear about DC supposedly not being a "political" town - which it would be if it achieved statehood. I do not think it does the country good to have the nation's capital a state with powerful elected officials who'd be so staunchly left wing liberals (no state in the country comes anywhere close to DC's 90+% Democratic voting majority). Talk about special interests politicians...... rather ironic given some of the comments on here.

Keep DC politically neutral. It works just fine and dandy that way. And if you're so upset about not having congressmen or senators, just move a few miles to Maryland or Virginia. No one is holding a gun to your head.

Anonymous wrote:If it ever even approaches reality retrocession will take place before independent statehood. Washington, MD will become a thing.

Zero chance DC will stand for that. DC residents want representation of our own. DC residents want independent statehood and DC leaders want independent statehood.

If every tiny red state can have two wildly climate-change-denying Senators, we want two educated DC Senators not in the pocket of the oil and gas lobby to represent what WE want.
And we want two Senators who can stand up to BS about the mall and parades and other federal-DC interactions that MD senators wouldn't care about.

Anonymous wrote:FANTASTIC article and thread about DC statehood from the New Yorker.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/democrats-push-to-make-washington-dc-the-fifty-first-state/amp?__twitter_impression=true
https://twitter.com/ositanwanevu/status/1104815637929566208?s=21
“Anyone opposing full Congressional representation for D.C. in 2019 is to the right of Strom Thurmond in 1978.” Here are Thurmond’s comments after voting in favor of the Constitutional Amendment for full DC representation.

Just came here to post that - thank you! It's a great history.

And yes, there is nothing the right will fight tooth and nail more than DC statehood. It's a huge threat to their minority-voting-coalition's remaining power, the Senate.
Liz Warren has come out strongly for DC statehood - she's smart and on the right track. I don't think she'll win, but hopefully whoever does win will push DC and PR statehood.

I live in DC and have NO SENATORS though we pay taxes. It stinks. I want two senators for DC.

Rightwingers are deathly afraid of DC statehood - as it will break their anti-majoritarian hold on the Senate. No longer will Wyoming, North Dakota, Kentucky, and Idaho block climate change legislation and suppress the black vote.

There is little that makes rightwingers desperately shout "never going to happen" to try to sow despair than DC statehood.

FANTASTIC article and thread about DC statehood from the New Yorker.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/democrats-push-to-make-washington-dc-the-fifty-first-state/amp?__twitter_impression=true
https://twitter.com/ositanwanevu/status/1104815637929566208?s=21
“Anyone opposing full Congressional representation for D.C. in 2019 is to the right of Strom Thurmond in 1978.” Here are Thurmond’s comments after voting in favor of the Constitutional Amendment for full DC representation.

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Anonymous wrote:If it ever even approaches reality retrocession will take place before independent statehood. Washington, MD will become a thing.

Yay! This Democrat would gladly trade Bowser for Hogan

I'm also a pre-retrocession fan. Makes so much more sense and MD is actually well-governed. I'd gladly trade in my "No Taxation without Representation" license plate to become part of Maryland.

What happens to the current state officials in Annapolis if DC becomes part of MD? Their power is diluted by the influx of new pols in DC. They don't want it.
What happens to the powerful interests in Baltimore and Montgomery County? Their influence is diluted as well.
What happens to the current politicians and upper level bureaucrats now serving in DC? Lot of their jobs overlap with state functions and many will be without a job.

Whatever the citizens may think about it, retrocession is bad news for a lot of the people who could make it happen.
I will not live to see it. Retrocession is only slightly more likely than DC statehood.

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Anonymous wrote:Governor Bowser has a nice ring to it

It beats Governor Barry at least. But now Bowser and the clueless council want to name a principal city building for the lying, scheming, tax cheating, crack smoking, corrupt, racist and incompetent late mayor-for-life!

Well this is racist

State how exactly? Stop throwing that word around. Save it for the real thing.

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Anonymous wrote:If it ever even approaches reality retrocession will take place before independent statehood. Washington, MD will become a thing.

Yay! This Democrat would gladly trade Bowser for Hogan

I'm also a pre-retrocession fan. Makes so much more sense and MD is actually well-governed. I'd gladly trade in my "No Taxation without Representation" license plate to become part of Maryland.

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Anonymous wrote:Governor Bowser has a nice ring to it

It beats Governor Barry at least. But now Bowser and the clueless council want to name a principal city building for the lying, scheming, tax cheating, crack smoking, corrupt, racist and incompetent late mayor-for-life!

Well this is racist

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Anonymous wrote:One item that will need to change with statehood is signage.

When driving into the District, signs will have to read “Welcome to the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth” after statehood is achieved.

That's a lot of verbiage. Sort of like saying "Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Mouthful Airport."

It is a lot, but that is what the name is supposed to be after statehood. Signs must reflect the new reality

Not a problem. DC will never be a state, not even under President Bernie Sanders.

Anonymous wrote:Governor Bowser has a nice ring to it

It beats Governor Barry at least. But now Bowser and the clueless council want to name a principal city building for the lying, scheming, tax cheating, crack smoking, corrupt, racist and incompetent late mayor-for-life!

Anonymous wrote:If it ever even approaches reality retrocession will take place before independent statehood. Washington, MD will become a thing.

Yay! This Democrat would gladly trade Bowser for Hogan

If it ever even approaches reality retrocession will take place before independent statehood. Washington, MD will become a thing.

Governor Bowser has a nice ring to it

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Anonymous wrote:One item that will need to change with statehood is signage.

When driving into the District, signs will have to read “Welcome to the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth” after statehood is achieved.

That's a lot of verbiage. Sort of like saying "Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Mouthful Airport."

It is a lot, but that is what the name is supposed to be after statehood. Signs must reflect the new reality