rightwinger
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Puerto Rico has already voted to support StatehoodYou are delusional enough to believe Puerto Rico will vote Republican after Trumps performance after Hurricane Maria?Does it matterIf Democrats do anything to retaliate against Republicans for stealing SCOTUS, I would like to see them add DC and Puerto Rico as states
Those four new Senators would almost ensure that Democrats get to fill court vacancies from now on
At the same time pissing off most of the public. PR doesn't want to become a state because then they'd have to start paying federal income tax. The Democrats cannot force them to become a state if they don't want to.
Only Red States would be pissed off
Sucks being them
Puerto Rico has already voted to be a state. Most have low enough income that they won’t have to pay Federal Taxes
Add those two as States and Dems control the Senate and Court Selections
Anybody who understands how taxation works realizes the big guy never loses. Impose taxes on him, and he increases the price of his product or service. Everybody pays.
But hey! If the Democrats want to chase them to our side, we'll be happy to take those voters. And if they're pissed enough, they'll elect two Republican Senators to boot.
You are not going to scare Puerto Rico away with having to pay taxes
Will lock up the Senate for Democrats
You're not locking up anything junior if they get pissed off and start voting Republican. It might cost you every presidential election from that point on. And when do you think the House will do this? With Trump in the White House and a slim but comfortable Republican lead in the Senate? Hell, your leadership in the House might not be long gone in a little more than a month from today.
Democrat power greed is what got you into this mess in the first place with Harry Weed. Why do Democrats never learn from their mistakes?
Democrats need to kick ass in 2020 and turn the public against Republicans at ALL LEVELS. That will ensure Dems can Gerrymander the House for the next ten years and DC and Puerto Rico Statehood will lock the Senate indefinitely.
Republicans worst nightmare
If you make PR a state against their will, yes, they will turn on you. Why would they stay with the Democrat party who stabbed them in the back?
As for DC, they have the greatest percentage of the wealthiest people in the country. Think they'd be happy about having to pay income tax on top of everything else they are paying?
It is only Republicans blocking it
Time to end that
As for DC, they pay more in federal income taxes than 22 other states......Yet have no vote on how that money is spent.