They planned to make the District of Columbia State that had given two new Democratic senators,

Puerto Rico State, given two more new Democratic senators.

So this is a full, more socialism.

While millions of Americans were casting their ballots in the 2020 election to decide the

next president, residents in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico were voting on an even more

fundamental question.

But the island finally become a U.S. state.

This is deconstructed and a Vanessa A.B. filling in for Ryan Graham this week.

It's common for people to lump Puerto Rican statehood and DC statehood in with each other,

and there are some parallels.

Like Puerto Rico, DC is more populist in the states of Vermont and Wyoming.

Yet, it enjoys no meaningful representation in Congress.

And like Puerto Rico, this like an independence has often put the district at the mercy of

petty battles for political clout.

Consider former Congressman Jason Chafetz, who was elected to represent a district in

South Eastern Utah.

To the dismay of DC's Liberal City Council, this conservative politician spent a significant

chunk of 2015 and 2016, obstructing the city's decision to legalize cannabis and to authorize

youth in Asia in certain circumstances.

Chafetz threatened Mayor Bowser with jail if she allowed legal in marijuana.

She allowed it.

I have a lot of things to do here in the district of Colombia.

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