DC statehood Megathread (pg 33 - Manchin questioning constitutionality)

[Storr]

I may not be able to send voting representatives to Congress, but at least they can see my yard signs while driving to work.
By this logic should we even have elected representatives at all? If they can, as well as the body's agenda, be influenced by signs and bumper stickers alone, why not have the President appoint all members of Congress?

[Storr]

“No taxation without representation”

Not the same thing as DC statehood.

I'd be fine if DC was given the representation in Congress it would receive if it were a state (2 senators and one representative), while still remaining a federal district. It already has its own local government (which of course is given its powers and authority by Congress) that in HB51 is simply renamed the state government. My point being that since DC didn't require statehood to achieve local governance or even electoral college votes, Congressional representation sans statehood doesn't seen too far fetched.

[Storr]

Susan Collins proposes Adding DC to Maryland
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1388860299986489351
https://twitter.com/wfaresquirrel/status/1388863916646797318

While we're at it Sen. Collins, it would only be fair that if we give DC back to Maryland we also give Maine back to Massachusetts. I'm sure our bold moderate hero would have no issue with such a bipartisan compromise.

[Storr]

Tbf everyone knew that the electoral votes of the district part was going to need to be handled eventually, the simplest thing to do is to just make the district the federal buildings and add 3 EVs to whoever won the Electoral College, if there's a 269-269 tie, then they could be left blank or go to the winner of the popular vote.

I'd rather the three electoral votes of the now truncated federal buildings only District of Columbia to go to whoever wins the national popular vote, but I'd be fine if they went to the EC winner if it meant DC statehood would happen.