• ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world
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    Republicans: “Congrats Venezuela, you are now America’s 51st state! Go be Americans!”

    Venezuela: “Okay, here are our two Democrat senators. K, thanks.”

    Republicans: “No! Not like that!!”

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      Hah. You assume that by annexing territory everyone living there gets naturalized. These ghouls would sooner repeat what’s happening in Palestine.

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      two Democrat senators

      They would elect two PSUV senators. It would be kinda cool to have two senators who would get up there and denounce Bernie Sanders as a reactionary.

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      This is why Porto Rico is not a state already and why Venezuela or Canada won’t be states. They would become PR #2 and PR #3