The Constitution makes D.C. statehood difficult, if not impossible. Article I gives Congress the power to 'exercise legislation' over the federal district, and the 23rd Amendment gives D.C. votes in the Electoral College. To make D.C. a state would require an act of Congress and a Constitutional Amendment -- one unlikely to be ratified by the required number of states.

That being said, when has the Democratic Party actually cared about the Constitution? Aside from using it as a cudgel when politically convenient, that is.

They're only pushing for D.C. statehood to get two more Senate seats, because democracy. Or something.

The Democrats ran D.C. into the ground as a city. They want to make it a state that they'd ruin immediately, too?

Nah.

President Trump made them make fools of themselves.

Not. Gonna. Happen.

They do not deserve it. At all.

They sure are.

Democrats want that influence. So long as they're the ones weilding it.

In fairness, a slug is 10X smarter than anyone running the Democrats' account.

It did not go well.