• mkwt@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      Ah, you see, by “state” he really meant “unincorporated territory” where the residents have no federal voting rights, and US citizenship is at the discretion of Congress.

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        6 days ago

        Lol, Venezuela becoming a state would be terrible in so many ways for so many people, but I enjoy the thought that it would flip the house and senate away from republicans, and Trump would spend the next three years getting nothing done.