Nothing is funnier to me than all of Donald’s immediate neighbors unanimously going “you’re fucking intolerable, goodbye”
I know it’s pointless and no one who reads this blog both cares and doesn’t already know (also, no one reads this blog) but
It’s important to me that people know that D.C. is a major Democratic stronghold—in reliability if not in national influence—has been since the 23rd Amendment gave residents the right to participate in presidential elections, which only happened in 1961.
This is why D.C. statehood is seen as a partisan issue. You might not know it based on the jerks that govern here (most of whom vote in their home states and/or the suburbs in Virginia or Maryland), but the District has historically been heavily Black and not insignificantly queer (this is also the anti-minority “subtext” of a lot of “drain the swamp” calls)
Politically, the place is bluer than a Smurf taking Violet Beauregard to an Eiffel 65 concert. Its hypothetical Congressional representation could make AOC look like Mike Bloomberg.
Once again, the core premise of the Republican Party is “but… if people counted equally… that would be bad for us.”
I just think more people should know that.
DC has a bigger population than Vermont and Wyoming, and is on tract to be bigger than Alaska and both Dakotas.
DC is one of the blackest cities in America, and has one of the fastest growing Latinx communities in the country.
It is a crime that DC doesn’t have representation. The vast majority of people here do not work for the government and those who do are often bipartisan employees. We don’t even have final say over our budget and laws. We need the ability to vote in Congress, to have a say in our own affairs.
but I would also like to point out that DC is undergoing huge gentrification which is aided by the city leaders. Housing is unaffordable; not to mention our police force is incredibly corrupt. We still have high levels of gun violence as well, and a terrifyingly high Black Maternal Mortality Rate. Like everywhere in America we are people and our leaders have flaws and make bad decisions.
You shouldn’t be for DC Statehood because of the politics or the senate majority (even if those are good things as well), you should be for DC Statehood because our votes matter, our lives matter. Because we need to fix shit too, but how can we when we are on constantly shifting ground.
