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Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

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    Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 17 Oct 2020

    Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Astead

    Side effect of settling on 50, staying there for 61 years.https://twitter.com/AsteadWesley/status/1317533792026955777 …

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    AsteadVerified account @AsteadWesley
    I feel like some of the opposition to adding DC or PR isn't substantive but ppl think 50 states and 100 Senators are like nice, round numbers.
    2:58 PM - 17 Oct 2020
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    • Chris Turner WhittyMike ن Paul Kempf WomanSkeptic Jason Broander Joan Rodden Spencer Hays Connie “pro-voting 🇺🇸 never forget 1/6” 🇺🇸 Doug Woody
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      1. Tom Garrett‏ @TheAxisOfEgo 17 Oct 2020
        Replying to @baseballcrank

        48 looked better on the flag, IMHO.

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      2. Steven Bower‏ @raggylugthumps 17 Oct 2020
        Replying to @SeahawkBurrrton @baseballcrank

        Is not blocking hundreds of nominations, expanding/contracting judge counts across the country and blocking a SCOTUS nomination not a naked power grab?

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      2. SteadyRogue2‏ @pete612 17 Oct 2020
        Replying to @baseballcrank

        I think the issue is balance. There are no states to add on the conservative side of the ledger and no one wants to dilute the power of their votes. Split up CA, OR and WA and then you can add PR, DC or Guam. You have to balance the other side or no deal.

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      2. Johnny DCLXVI Blade‏ @BenjaminBreeg__ 17 Oct 2020
        Replying to @baseballcrank

        I may be a dullard, but I don't understand how PR hasn't become a state yet. What's the big "crisis" people think will happen if it does?

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      3. Johnny DCLXVI Blade‏ @BenjaminBreeg__ 17 Oct 2020
        Replying to @BenjaminBreeg__ @baseballcrank

        DC is another story I must've slept through civics class how a city gets it's own electoral votes, but I'll be talking way over my head if I continue.

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      2. JW‏ @JWB1824 17 Oct 2020
        Replying to @baseballcrank

        People perceive certain numbers as complete, generally multiples of 3, 5, and 10.

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      3. JW‏ @JWB1824 17 Oct 2020
        Replying to @JWB1824 @baseballcrank

        Hawaii was added in 1959. "Fifty Nifty United States" was published in 1961. I don't think there were any songs called "Forty-Eight Super-Great United States." Gestalt Psychology rules...just sayin'https://youtu.be/Uv5VhuUfwC4 

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      2. Dr. Ron Dog‏ @twostep87 17 Oct 2020
        Replying to @baseballcrank

        Lol. Be honest. It’s because those locations aren’t bastions of conservatism.

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      3. Kevin R.  🇦🇷 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇿🇦‏ @KevinRJones93 17 Oct 2020
        Replying to @twostep87 @baseballcrank

        Also, let's be honest Puerto Rico is culturally different from the rest of the U.S. They should be ther country, like Cuba or Dominican Republic.

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