As former acting Director of national intelligence, Richard Grennell puts it:
DC was designed to be a temporary place where politicians would go for a short period of time – and then go back home to live under the laws they created. DC is too big, too entrenched, too insular, and too out of touch.
But the democrats, being the party that want to dismantle the Constitution, why would they want to follow the ideals set out by the Founding Fathers of this nation? More importantly, when leading democrats are for it, you know it’s probably a bad idea.
Case in point, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) thinks that the 700,000 mostly liberal residents should have a state of their own so they can vote.
Washington, D.C. has over 700,000 residents—more than Wyoming or Vermont—and its residents pay federal taxes. But they don’t get an equal voice in our government. It’s time for D.C. statehood. https://t.co/mtSw6TISCI
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) June 21, 2020
Far left representative of Washington state, Pramila Jayapal (D), ties the lack of statehood in D.C. to the silencing of ‘black voices and suppressed Black votes.”
Make no mistake: one of the many ways our country has silenced Black voices and suppressed Black votes has been by preventing DC statehood.
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) June 16, 2020
DC should be a state with two Senators and full representation in the House. Congress must act now. https://t.co/xgUpuCSX9x
But constitutional conservatives are speaking up and pointing out that that the House can’t just vote to mke D.C. a state. No, it’s a little more compilcated than that.
Kentucky Representative Thomas Massey critisized the unconstitutional D.C. statehood bill. Massey took to Twitter to school democrats on the constitution’s stance on the subject.
The Constitution, 23rd amendment gives DC 3 presidential electors. Statehood requires a Constitutional amendment, not a simple bill.
I’ll be voting no on the farcical DC statehood bill. It’s unconstitutional.
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) June 20, 2020
The Constitution prescribes a federal city, and the 23rd amendment gives DC 3 presidential electors.
Statehood for DC requires a Constitutional amendment, not a simple bill.https://t.co/OYXuI5nzVQ
Even Nancy Pelosi is clueless about the constitutionality of the measure.
We prepare to fight a historic injustice by passing legislation to finally grant the District of Columbia statehood …we will continue our work to protect every Americans’ right to be heard at the ballot box.
Despite the enthusiam of House democrats, the measure is not likely to pass in the Senate.
- Dr E
