Guest Post by Pat Buchanan
Which brings the question: What is D.C.’s grievance that America must somehow rectify by making it a state? Answer: Democrats want D.C. to have two senators to cement their control of the U.S. Senate, as they pack the Supreme Court by expanding the number of justices from nine to 13.
“How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg?” asked President Abraham Lincoln, who answered his own question:
“Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn’t make it a leg.”
And Congress’ saying that D.C. is a state would equally contradict truth and reality, as our nation’s capital lacks all of the attributes of a 51st state of the Union.
Whence came our capital of Washington, D.C.?
The city was carved out of Maryland and Virginia in 1790, which voted to cede 100 square miles on the Potomac for a capital city of the United States to become the domicile of the federal government.