@drmadjdsadjadi
The president typically is not considered a resident of DC but instead maintains his or her residency from his original state, just like our members of Congress. This is why the sitting president always goes back to their home state to vote.
@taotaoliu2229
Fun fact: The Pentagon isn’t located in Washington DC: it’s located in Arlington, Virginia.
@RengokuDeDonut
Bro “No Taxation Without Representation” coming back 💀
@lutherd
There would not be 436 representatives. The total is set by law at 435. The allotment would be reapportioned between the 51 states.
@IftinAbshir
Interesting fact, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands also all have non-voting Representatives in Congress and Puerto Rico has Congressional representation through a position called a Resident Commissioner who also does not have voting rights.
@barnettder
⚠️ CORRECTION - With all due respect to Walter Washington, the first African American mayor of a major US city was Carl Stokes, elected in Cleveland in 1967.
@matthewvandenberg1056
This has been super cool to learn about as someone new to the DC area. The Maryland option occurred to me years ago as the best choice, but I hadn't considered MD might refuse to take DC back. It has a precedence given how VA handled their half and still feels like the best option. Given that the overall number of congress/senate members won't change, this seems to be the least intrusive option. Balance and compromise will be the only thing that can sell this (if it is even possible). DC as a state feels impossible with all the Red states that would need to ratify the amendment.
@james.d.fowler
Wait, did this video actually describe the big trouble if DC becomes the 51st state, or did it just talk about all the issues preventing it from happening? I feel like I watched the whole video but somehow missed it.
@MrMac1138
A correction. Carl B Stokes was the first elected African American mayor of a major US city in Cleveland. Cleveland at that time had around 800,000 residents.
@briankelley987
You might note that the map in minute 4 shows the current Alexandria boundaries. When DC was created, it looked a quite bit different.
@jimferris9447
I’m not necessarily opposed to adding additional states. DC is a stand-alone federal district for a specific, very good reason. Those reasons still and always will exist. The only thing I see as equitable for DC residents to get congressional representation is to identify land absolutely necessary for the operation of the nation, the peel back the residential area to Maryland, from which it came.
@torinjones3221
I'm not american so correct me if I'm wrong but I thought the whole point in DC not being a state was cause it was meant to be the neutral/apolitical administration area
@SirHenryMaximo
Brazil took inspiration on the US concept of a federal district, however the Federal District of Brazil has representation in both houses of Congress, a governor elected by the district's voters, its own legislative assembly and the combined political and legal powers of both a state and a municipality. Plus, the Union is constitutionally obligated to fund many of the district's services, like the police force, which is really well equipped and well paid by Brazilian standards. So, here the controversy is about the privileged position of Brasilia when compared to the rest of the country.
@AlistairZands
Citizens of Washington D.C. get to vote for mayor for the first time, and they immediately vote in a guy named Washington EDIT: For the people saying that this is incorrect, 9:48 in the video blatantly explains DC residents were able to vote on mayor and elected Walter Washington.
@joetolopino7126
The federal district was carved out of Maryland and Virginia originally. The part across the river was given back to Virginia. If anything, the residents within the district should be considered citizens of Maryland as far as representation goes. Were out Capitol to ever move, it would be given back to Maryland and 10 miles square carved out of whatever state it was moved to. There's no provision to create a state out of what in essence belongs to Maryland. So no, it cannot ever be a state.
@MusingsOfApathy
I believe you are wrong about it increasing the number of representatives in the House. I believe the House is statutorily limited to 435. So one of the larger states would lose one representative and DC would gain one.
@alexselsley4065
Minor correction: Detroit got a black mayor before DC, in 1974. And Cleveland got one all the way back in 1967.
@knelson5034
Except that neither the President, nor the VP, nor any member of Congress is a resident of Washington, DC. They are legally residents of their states of origin, and must maintain their residences in those states.
@jonathanwiliams4993
How do I see the show notes? I want to check out that 80,000 hours site
@SethJulian23