Comment on How Trump’s ‘51st State’ Canada Talk Came to Be Seen as Deadly Serious
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If Canada were to become the 51st state (never going to happen but hypothetically), wouldn’t it swing heavily toward “blue?” Would republicans ever win another election if Canadians had to vote in US elections?
trump just wants to exploit Canada’s resources, obviously-same with Greenland’s and the Panama Canal. But as usual, he doesn’t think this through.
pivot_root@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s assuming they get fair representation, which they won’t. The Republican Party would justify it as Canadians being outsiders who “don’t understand our politics” and shouldn’t be given that much power and influence over future elections until they’re ready (which is never), and the Democrats would do fuck-all about with their moral grandstanding preventing them from using the same delay and filibustering tactics that were constantly used against them.