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CMV: DC should be granted statehood

*Before anyone argues against this on Constitutional grounds, let me clarify that I mean to say that I support the current plan proposed by some Democrats, to make the bulk of DC a new state and to leave only a very small portion of the land as the legal "District comprising the government."*

I don't have too much to say about this topic; it seems to me that my view should be the default. There are more residents of DC than Wyoming and Vermont, yet those two states get two senators and a representative in the federal government, while DC has roughly no representation. Why is this considered acceptable? It seems to me that the only real underlying objection to granting DC statehood is that they would overwhelmingly vote Democrat. But depriving people of representation just because their views are liberal seems to be an absurd reason.

EDIT: I keep getting responses suggesting retrocession. Retrocession is a very strange suggestion. I understand that DC used to be part of MD. That was roughly a quarter of a millennium ago. DC is historically, culturally and legally distinct from Maryland. Puerto Rico and Florida both used to be Spanish territory, but I doubt anyway would seriously contend that Puerto Rico would be adequately represented in the Senate if they were merged with Florida. 

Retrocession is just a weird Republican suggestion that amounts to saying, "DC should only have representation if that representation is legally meaningless." Advocating for retrocession is like arguing in favor of gerrymandering.
gpt
The whole point of Washington, D. C. is that it's a federal city that represents all the states of the US. It's not supposed to have it's own statehood, which would sway it's loyalties. It's sort of like the NFL. Each NFL team is its own independant business. They all compete against each other. The NFL overall is supposed to be neutral. They're not supposed to have their own team too.

This federal city model is common around the world, and they use similar rules. In all honesty, it's strange that DC expanded as much as it has. It really is supposed to just be the politicians and the main buildings. But because politicians are there, lobbyists, lawyers, consultants, and various other businesses are there. Those businesses need to hire employees. And those employees need services like apartments, grocery stores, restaurants, etc. So the city expanded. Weirdly enough, some countries then build a new capital. Egypt is in the process of building a New Administrative Capital about 45 km east of the current capital of Cairo.

Politics aside, the best way to handle all this is to say that only the official government buildings constitute Washington DC and the official population is 0. All the current land and people of DC should be assigned to Maryland or Virginia. All lawmakers and staff that work in DC should officially be residents of another state. That means a Senator from Alaska officially lives in Alaska, rents/owns a home in either Maryland or Virginia, and their staff lives in Maryland or Virginia. 

This would still benefit Democrats because it would likely cement Virginia as a blue state. (Maryland is already a blue state.) And it's crazy that DC residents don't have state level representation. But this would also preserve DC's neutral federal status among the states. 

If we want to rewrite the Constitution to emphasize individual citizens instead of states as the main units of organization, that's fine. In fact, it's probably a better given that we've shifted from an agrarian economy to a digital one. But unless we're willing to seriously redefine the existing US government, or break apart the US government and create a new one in its place, it's hard to change this policy. The Founding Fathers really went out of their way to make sure that the idea of states were the standard unit of government and to block DC from becoming a state. It's at the very foundation of the US government. Again, maybe that's 200 plus years out of date, but according to the foundation of our society, DC should not be granted statehood.