If RBG’s seat is filled, Dems should go nuclear across the board

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Adding DC and PR shouldn't be considered part of "going nuclear." All Americans should be represented in Congress, period, unless they explicitly don't want to be. This should happen in January unrelated to any bargains, deals, or nukes.

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Statehood for PR & DC.  There is no valid argument against granting statehood to each.

In fairness for PR, there has yet to be a referendum there showing that a majority of the populace supports statehood. The 2012 referendum showed that of the 78.2% of voters who showed up, 54% wanted to change the status quo. Of those, 61.2% favored statehood. .782*.54*.612 = 25.8%. The 2017 referendum with 22.9% turnout showed 97.2% of voters favoring statehood. .229*.972 = 22.3%.

They're having a straight yes/no vote on statehood this November. If it passes, PR should be immediately admitted, as both parties' platforms have endorsed PR statehood for a long time. If it fails, so be it and table this conversation for at least a decade

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Grant PR a binding referendum, subject to the vote of Congress. Off early multiple options of statehood, status quo, and Independence. Statehood would require an overall majority vote for the measure to pass (independence as well theoretically, but they won't get more than around 5% of the vote).

They already have a two-option Y/N statehood vote in November, so if Yes wins, that's all Congress needs to admit them. In fact, it would be a really bad look on the world stage if we have a part of our country not represented in Congress that wants to be, and have it denied for political reasons.