Senator Schumer (D-N.Y.) could not be happier that he now holds the gavel in the Senate and he does not plan on wasting a second of that time.
Schumer wants “big, bold change in America,” and this is going to start with things like pushing D.C. statehood so Dems can get more seats in Congress.
Schumer stated, “We would like the Republicans to join us in some of those things at least, and maybe they will.
“But we are going to get that change no matter what.
“We cannot — there is such a demand, three huge issues we have to do: climate, huge issue facing the country, racial and economic inequality, which has gotten worse, not better, which demands change and justice in a big, bold way, and improving our democracy. Making D.C. a state, automatic voter registration, getting rid of Citizens United, all the things embodied in H.R. 1, which the House passed and McConnell would block up, but we’re going to fight to pass it in the Senate.
“That’s why we’ve made it S 1. So, climate, racial inequality, economic inequality, and democracy, improving our democracy, letting people vote much more easily, dealing with D.C. and Puerto Rican statehood, dealing with bad money that flows in.
“The John Lewis Act, undoing the horrible decisions the court made, which defanged the Voting Rights Act, and that’s why Republicans have gotten away with taking people’s right away to vote for the last four years.”
The irony here is that everything Schumer is pushing is from the far-left agenda or will give Democrats a huge advantage in Congress, so the line about getting Republicans to join Democrats is nothing more than lip service.
As far as statehood for D.C. is concerned, this will be fought tooth and nail because that land was actually ceded by Maryland solely for the use of being our nation’s capital, not to become its own state.
To think, we have at least two years of this nonsense because people did not like Donald Trump’s tweets… it’s sickening.
Source: Breitbart
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