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riversedge

(69,708 posts)
Tue Mar 23, 2021, 04:13 PM Mar 2021

D.C. shouldn't be a state because it doesn't have manufacturing, mines, or agriculture.


https://americanindependent.com/republicans-washington-dc-statehood-arguments-house-representatives-muriel-bowser/




The most ridiculous excuses House Republicans invented to oppose DC statehood

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March 23, 2021 3:24 PM
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It would be 'the only state without an airport, without a car dealership, without a capital city, without a landfill,' said Rep. Jody Hice.

House Democrats are moving forward with legislation that would make Washington, D.C., the 51st state in the nation — and Republicans are mad.

.............D.C. shouldn't be a state because it doesn't have manufacturing, mines, or agriculture.

Rep. Glenn Grothman of Wisconsin said Washington couldn't be a state because its main industry is tourism and retail, not farming and mining.

"I was taught manufacturing was so important for creating wealth of the country in a way that retail or tourism is not. Can you tell me about the manufacturing or agriculture or mining in your district? … I am not aware of virtually any of that in your city," Grothman asked Bowser.

Bowser responded, "There may be states that rely on manufacturing, and I would argue that their economies aren't as good as ours."
D.C. residents don't need voting rights because members of Congress can read lawn signs
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D.C. shouldn't be a state because it doesn't have manufacturing, mines, or agriculture. (Original Post) riversedge Mar 2021 OP
However, i bet manufacturing isn't so important that thus guy supports a living wage. Raven123 Mar 2021 #1
The same idiots that voted they should decide how to spend stimulus money. BoomaofBandM Mar 2021 #2
Republicans shouldn't be classified as humans because they're heartless and brainless. onecaliberal Mar 2021 #3
I don't think D.C. has sheep either, or coyotes, or wolves... HUAJIAO Mar 2021 #4
Wisconsin has an embarassment of representatives right now. sybylla Mar 2021 #5

Raven123

(4,714 posts)
1. However, i bet manufacturing isn't so important that thus guy supports a living wage.
Tue Mar 23, 2021, 04:35 PM
Mar 2021

Bet he’s okay with US entities manufacturing their products in other countries, rather than providing union jobs here.

sybylla

(8,461 posts)
5. Wisconsin has an embarassment of representatives right now.
Tue Mar 23, 2021, 05:01 PM
Mar 2021

Johnson
Grothman
Tiffany
and heartless, disgusting, racist creeps ad nauseum.

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