Very unlikely they get it but at least they can make the Republicans say out loud they're denying ithttps://twitter.com/rossalincoln/status/874015483044823040 …
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There's no political pressure that could ever make the GOP add two Dem senators to the Senate permanently, they'd eat dog shit on TV first
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It is telling that all the potential states-in-waiting would be blue states
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And the "compromise" plans to create a safe red state in return are always ridiculously blatant like East Wyoming or North Alaska
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To create a new red state you need to carve out a stretch of empty land with like three people on it
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And you know immediately after it exists they'll be talking about the "unique culture and heritage" of East Wyoming
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And East Wyoming will put Confederate flags on its license plates even though it was created 160 years after the Civil War
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And East Wyoming will get 2 senators and 1 representative even though that's all the people who live there
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I'm not really exaggerating either -- to get the "donor" state to agree to this plan the population & resources split off have to be minimal
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Speaking as a Southern Mainer, I would not cry for the loss of Northern Maine. They can even call it Maine and we'll be Acadia or something
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