McConnell: "Granting statehood to Washington DC and Puerto Rico would be socialism."

[DetlefK]

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/06/mitch-mcconnell-goes-berserk-says-granting-puerto-rico-statehood-voting-rights-representation-is-full-bore-socialism/

Democrats “plan to make the District of Columbia a state and give them two Democratic Senators,” Leader McConnell said, adding they would also make Puerto Rico a state which “would give them two more Democratic Senators. They plan to expand the Supreme Court. So this is full bore socialism on the march in the House, and, yeah, as long as I am Majority Leader in the Senate none of that stuff is going anywhere.”

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[Blues Heron]

1. Every American should have two senators

[RKP5637]

2. FFS, this senate leader McTurdtle is one F'en creature, totally un-American. n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. How is that socialism?

I bet he wouldn't say that if most voters in Puerto Rico and DC were Republicans; he'd welcome them with open arms. He's just throwing the term "socialism" around as another chunk of red meat for his ignorant base (and yet another reason Democrats should avoid the use of that word at all costs: Don't give the GOP any more opportunities for red-baiting).

[NewJeffCT]

12. If they were mostly Republicans

both would be well on their way to statehood

[Ohiogal]

29. Exactly.

[malaise]

4. Does this fool know anything about socialism? n/t

[Proud Liberal Dem]

20. None of them do

They've all just decided that it sounds scary to the masses to stop anything we want to do. And as for SCOTUS, we are owed a seat due to the utter travesty of them outright stealing Scalia's vacant seat.

[malaise]

23. The people should know the why is that so

It cannot be whatever they think it is today.

[Skittles]

26. yes

but he knows the fucking idiots who vote for him do NOT

[malaise]

28. You win the thread

[SWBTATTReg]

6. And how about this term to describe these predatory capitalists? Only concerned w/ the 1% of...

us and no one else. Every time they use the word socialist, we should respond immediately w/ predatory capitalists or better yet, since they welcomed Russia's help so much, communists!

[durablend]

7. Yet I'd bet

If plans were to double the number of senators in reliably red states he'd be all for it.

[Afromania]

8. LMAFO. no shit seriously I'm busting a gut here. This dude isn't even trying anymore.

Duh, I don't like it..... IT'S SOCIALISM!!!!!!!!!!

[GeorgeGist]

9. The Stupids will lap it up.

[TreasonousBastard]

10. I rather like the idea. That it pisses of the Turtle is just icing on the cake.

[Takket]

11. That is not what socialism is lol

Dog whistle is all that word is.

[Grasswire2]

13. He's on to us.

You bet your bippy, Mitch.

We may stack the SCOTUS, too.

[asiliveandbreathe]

14. Mcgrifter is throwing red meat to the base beasts....socialism, bad...grifting, good...

this disgusting poor excuse for a man needs to be put out to pasture...or in jail..let the investigation of he and wifiepoo..explain their sudden wealth since 2010....

[Initech]

15. Oh fuck off Mitch!

Turn off the TV and hate radio and try thinking for yourself every once in a while.

[IronLionZion]

16. "as long as I am Majority Leader in the Senate"

The solution to this problem is to make turtle soup. Dems need to take the majority away from this obstructionist who blocked Obama's laws and judicial appointments.

[struggle4progress]

17. "We threw Puerto Rico some paper towels. What more could they possibly want?"

[Blue_Tires]

18. Oh, so we're back to "Anything I don't like Socialism" again?

It feels so 1959 up in here...

[Proud Liberal Dem]

22. It's sort of "funny" that they don't just go full bore and call us commies.

But I guess they think "socialism" is scary enough to most people.

[procon]

19. Translation: lots of colored folk live in DC and

Puerto Rico. That's too much for an old racist like McConnell to swallow, besides they might be poor and live in impoverished communities that need a lot of federal aid and basic infrastructure development.

As a state, Republicans will not be able to deny them funds as easily as they've done to these special territories that have fewer rights. They cannot refuse to provide a wide range of social programs needed to set people on the road to recovery as full citizens.

Republicans have repeatedly shortchanged those areas and demonized those populations, is it any wonder that they tend to vote for Demcrats?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

24. Plus Puerto Rico said mean things about Der Trumpenfuhrer

Well-deserved mean things, I might add

[Blue_Tires]

32. +1000

[Proud Liberal Dem]

21. "That's not how Socialism works!"

n/t

[Crunchy Frog]

25. Yes, God forbid that millions of American citizens should have representation

in the Senate.

Maybe we could remove statehood from some sparsely populated regions like Wyoming, and achieve the same results.

[qazplm135]

27. so basically socialism is the new liberal buzzword

Democrats want to do _____

Well, that's just socialism.

[awesomerwb1]

30. So socialism is the new word

Say it as many times as possible in relationship to anything.

Socialism, socialism, socialism.

Socialism here, socialism there. Socialism everywhere!

[jmowreader]

31. I see, Mitch

So, what is it called when if you took the population of every two-GOP-senator state minus Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Arizona and combined them, they still wouldn't match the population of California...but those fifteen very red states have a total of 30 senators...and California has two?