Mitch McConnell is scared a Kamala Harris presidency would spell disaster for the Republican party, prognosticating that a Democratic presidency would result in the demise of the filibuster and a liberal packing of the Supreme Court. “Let's assume our worst nightmare – the Democrats went to the Whit...
  • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
    181·
    4 months ago

    Don’t forget Samoa and the other island terrories. It’s a bit of a tricky situation because of population size and such but there shouldn’t be a single person on American territory without voting Congressional representation.

    • ricecake@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      4 months ago

      I think we should welcome any and all territories to become states or leave as they desire, but I also think that staying a territory should remain an option.

      Given how lack of representation tends to kneecap funding allocation for things like infrastructure I think they would be unwise to eschew statehood, but I know that, specifically in Puerto Rico, there are groups that against statehood but also against going their own way.
      Forcing statehood feels wrong, but so does cutting people off from what support they do get from us, to say nothing of them being US citizens.

      I do think we should extend full citizenship to anyone from the territories though. Just because it’s not a state doesn’t mean it’s not the US.