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Judi Lynn

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Wed Aug 12, 2020, 01:26 AM Aug 2020

Martha McSally Claims If Biden and Dems Win, They'll Vote DC, Puerto Rico in as States: [View all]

Martha McSally Claims If Biden and Dems Win, They’ll Vote DC, Puerto Rico in as States: GOP Would ‘Never Get the Senate Back Again’
By Reed Richardson
Aug 12th, 2020, 12:06 am

Senator Martha McSally (R-AZ) warned that, should Joe Biden win the presidential race and the Democrats retake both houses of Congress, they will make D.C. and Puerto Rico new U.S. states, which she baselessly claimed would doom Republicans to being in the minority in the Senate for a generation.

During a wide-ranging interview with NBC News’ Vaughn Hillyard, McSally, who was appointed to the Senate to fill an open seat after losing to Sen. Kyrsten Sinema in 2018, attacked the presumptive Democratic nominee and his party’s alleged “radical Left agenda.” She then claimed that, should the Democrats win back full control of Washington, they would vote to make the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico states, which, she claimed, would make it almost impossible for Republicans to ever regain the majority in the Senate




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Good! RandySF Aug 2020 #1
Sounds like a plan. Get the house, the senate, the presidency, then vote that in. O.K. LizBeth Aug 2020 #2
Good idea LunaSea Aug 2020 #3
Love #3 Democrats Ascendant Aug 2020 #21
She was also shouting into the racist bullhorn. madaboutharry Aug 2020 #4
I picture her still wearing a hat with teabags hanging from it CaptYossarian Aug 2020 #25
So if more Americans can vote, Republicans won't win? Beartracks Aug 2020 #5
Sounds good to me! Welcome to your Brave New World! nt OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2020 #6
They are US citizens. They pay taxes. End of argument. PSPS Aug 2020 #7
What a piece of shit.... AZ8theist Aug 2020 #8
Give me a second while I go ahead and give more money to Biden/Harris jorgevlorgan Aug 2020 #9
Puerto Rico's admission depends on their November referendum Tercules Aug 2020 #10
I think the abysmal way Trump handled the hurricane thucythucy Aug 2020 #24
Puerto Rico has a larger population than 18 individual states. John Fante Aug 2020 #11
Well, yeah -- that's the Constitution. Article IV, Section 3 . . . Journeyman Aug 2020 #12
or Virginia and West Virginia. Republicans are so full of shit. nt SunSeeker Aug 2020 #14
Well, West Virginia played a role in helping hold the Union together in 1861 . . . Journeyman Aug 2020 #17
And that is bad how, McSally? SunSeeker Aug 2020 #13
How does that affect Arizona? Tikki Aug 2020 #30
Dream come true! demosincebirth Aug 2020 #15
Well, respond: they'll take away your SS, health insurance, pad corporations, etc. elias7 Aug 2020 #16
That's good, duforsure Aug 2020 #18
Racist asshole. Can't wait until she is gone. JI7 Aug 2020 #19
Sounds Like A Plan, Ma'am The Magistrate Aug 2020 #20
McSalley hates representative government a most goP'ers do beachbumbob Aug 2020 #22
Good idea racist asshole. As Americans our Puerto Rican fellow... NNadir Aug 2020 #23
She says it almost like that would be a BAD thing. lagomorph777 Aug 2020 #26
Yup. Too stupid to Senate.... AZ8theist Aug 2020 #27
Sounds like a very good idea to me. Only possible if we win the House, the senate and the Nitram Aug 2020 #28
As if statehood for DC & PR is a bad thing. Mcsally's playing the politics-of-fear game as all GOP onetexan Aug 2020 #29
Excellent. Voltaire2 Aug 2020 #31
Aaaaaaannnnnddd .... ? marble falls Aug 2020 #32
Hell yea!! Sancho Aug 2020 #33
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