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Republicans have no balls. The Democrats are trying to ram through DC and soon Puerto Rico statehood. Republicans must threaten to use the nuclear option of secession for all the states they control. GOP control quite a large number of state legislatures and governors.
If DC statehood passes as well as Puerto Rico, the GOP will never again have any chance of winning the house, senate or white house. GOP need to be taking this as an existential threat and use every weapon available.
Sadly, the GOP is spineless and likely wont do anything.
I don't think DC statehood is going to pass, so you can relax. It would take 60 votes in the Senate. I'm not sure if even all the democrats would vote for it.
Puerto Rico statehood, OTOH, you should support, providing the people of PR are in favor. There's just no reason not to allow them in the union.
If the GOP's appeal is so thin that allowing another state in means that you'll never win another election, then maybe republicans should re-evaluate their platform and their candidates. Start by booting Trump and other nut-jobs, and you can be very competitive.
"The election didn't go my way, so I'm going to reject the Constitution and leave America."
Neither the left or the right care about the Constitution. It's ironic to see people trying to stack the Supreme Court making an appeal to the Constitution. And why would someone who hates this government and who feels powerless to change it, want to stay a part of it?
Reminds me of what Thomas Jefferson's wrote in the Declaration of Independence...
"Prudence indeed will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes: and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. but when a long train of abuses and usurpations, begun at a distinguished period, and pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to subject them to arbitrary power, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government and to provide new guards for their future security."
Or the version adopted by the Continental Congress...
"Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."
You might also enjoy this part, "Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of (our god-given rights), it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
Or this... "At this very time too they are permitting their chief magistrate to send over not only soldiers of our common blood, but Scotch and foreign mercenaries to invade and deluge us in blood. These facts have given the last stab to agonizing affection, and manly spirit bids us to renounce for ever these unfeeling brethren. We must endeavor to forget our former love for them, and to hold them as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends. We might have been a free and great people together; but a communication of grandeur and of freedom it seems is below their dignity. Be it so, since they will have it: the road to glory and happiness is open to us too; we will climb it in a separate state, and acquiesce in the necessity which pronounces our everlasting Adieu!"
Last edited by Redshadowz; 04-26-2021 at 12:33 PM..
Or perhaps the GOP could do some self-reflection on why they are scared of more citizens having proper representation and tweak their message to appeal to more people?
Perhaps you could use your brain and realize that most Democrats are voting to take money and other things from Republicans. There's no message that could appeal to such people other than "We surrender!"
No, it's "The people in power want to ignore the Constitution and persecute us, so we're going to exercise our right to govern ourselves."
It's kind of funny that the Republican definition of "persecution" is not being able to punish somebody because they aren't the right race, religion, class, or sexual orientation.
If your freedom depends on the oppression of others, you need to re-evaluate your definition of freedom.
It's worth noting the obvious in that the democratic party represented southern culture while the republican party represented northern (largely northeast) culture back then. Neither party is anything like the party during the civil war.
The civil war was more about north vs south than parties.
This is why the vast majority of people who fly the flag that was flown by those wanting seceding are southern Trump supporters.... which I agree with you... are inhumane and an evil institution.
Republicans have no balls. The Democrats are trying to ram through DC and soon Puerto Rico statehood. Republicans must threaten to use the nuclear option of secession for all the states they control. GOP control quite a large number of state legislatures and governors.
If DC statehood passes as well as Puerto Rico, the GOP will never again have any chance of winning the house, senate or white house. GOP need to be taking this as an existential threat and use every weapon available.
Sadly, the GOP is spineless and likely wont do anything.
Wasn't that what January 6th was? Failed. Just made the USA look bad.
Go for it -- threaten, play games, spin, dance.....ugh.
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