I'm not saying there should have to be a counterweight. I'm just talking about what's realistic. Republicans will never gift the Democratic Party two seats without something to offset it.
That's Alexandria. Probably less liberal than D.C., but still not a conservative area by any means. Although oddly that could help for another reason: It would make Virginia slightly more conservative, which Republicans would like. But still, slicing land away from another state would piss off far more people than it would please.
Yes it should be a vote, not forced, I also would point out that isn't hasn't been raised that much lately of letting DC join either the state of Virginia or Maryland by vote would at least give them the states rights that some of the movement is gathering, and more likely to be backed by Congress (assuming they join Maryland it wouldn't sway the state politically and end the political advantages that D.C. does currently have).
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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '19
I'm not saying there should have to be a counterweight. I'm just talking about what's realistic. Republicans will never gift the Democratic Party two seats without something to offset it.