Washington DC Statehood: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) 

ComfortBlades Swear to god, if I saw that on TV I would have had to check that I wasn't watching a political drama. She said it with the passion and gusto I don't think I've seen in a long time.

ComfortBlades Thanks for pointing that out.

SAGE Thanks for the sarcasm.

+ComfortBlades Road badass also : S

ComfortBlades Yeah, She also did Greatest parking job ever!! Nonetheless, DC needs representation LOL

BuFFoTheArtClown Florida would be better off without the debt ridden tyrants in D.C.

Horse6L Funny typo. As America's wang, Florida has always been odd.

BuFFoTheArtClown I dont think Florida should have any rights or representation in government until your state gets its shit together.

GENERICCEREAL67 i dont think florida is that bad :( texas is just as bad!

Nathan Zimmerman You so hilarious! Preach on!

We're the only democracy that has many of it's population that wants to make decisions after getting drunk and watching a late late night show that only dispshits watch.

Underrated

kuhglhguil

Uk has the same system for the speakers constituency.

​@@owenglenn4298that's problematic too, but not quite the same. The speaker can at least change and with that the constituency. It would be more like if London was not allowed to have representation in the house of commons because parliament is located in London.

Colonies 😂

@@andilezola They stole the " sum never sets " from vaushite empire?

Anthony Serocco America doesn't even treat Americans like it's supposed to treat Americans.

Anthony Serocco Ironically, your comment currently has 51 up-votes.

KISalvatore This comment is so on point that it's not even funny

Puerto Rico voted against becoming a state as recently as 2012. They don't want to because then they would have to follow some of the nonsense laws.

Anthony Serocco Not Americans. American Nationals.

Californium Roblox Channel pure 🐉 fire 🔥

That delegate

It was like hot fire... that burns!!! Makes ya think.

I’ve had the pleasure of meeting her in person. She’s super soft spoken to be honest. To get her that riled up, you really gotta piss her off

Steven Kay it’s important to have representatives that are passionate and care about the people the represent In her case the people of DC I hope that the people i vote for can represent us with such care

Only DeSantis thinks Florida is great😂

​@@hansaleksikasilag7889So does Trump, obviously. To both men I say, "Boring!"

My brother once had to live in Florida for a job there. He has since moved to Massachusetts. Good riddance to Florida, too. He HATED it there.

The Floridians will be underground in 20 years and Florida will be underwater in 50

As a Floridian I 100% agree.

I just had this suggested today. I thought it was new!

Yep!

There's been a bill introduced, again, but that Joe Manchin or whatever doesn't support it, like one asshat is controlling everything in congress

@@vedantpatel4590 As soon as some people realise they have power, they go out of their way to wield it.

Yes just clicked

+TheSparrowstorm That's probably the same reason her husband left her.

+Peter Piper Eleanor is a badass, we in the District love her. Her husband was a douchebag lawyer, and good riddance to him.

The point is, imagine being married to someone who gets into bed and shouts, "I WILL NOT YIELD"

Peter Piper Because she CLEARLY gets in bed and shouts "I will not yield". Your joke was sexist and not funny in the slightest, just accept that.

Well how about we split the difference? It WAS sexist, but it was also funny. :)

My god not another one. So…teachers should make an equal salary for working around 5/6th of the time as any other normal person? And that's not to mention the ridiculous number of benefits and pension that comes with working for the government. And still they (generally) make more than the average. Working under 85% of the hours that a normal person does they make over 100% of the salary a normal person does. And you think they need more?

Jacob Worboy Its not about the hours they work. A lot of hours occur outside the class room like preparation and correcting and report cards etc. Education is something that is key to development and underpaid teachers that play a major role in society is never a good thing.

Teachers that are worth paying even more don't choose public school. They choose private. There might be 1 in 20 public teachers that are worthy of a pay raise.

Jacob Worboy mmm your a little off. My mom retired as a teacher and I can tell you one thing for sure. Teachers work ALOT. People don't realize how much work goes into teaching. Class prep, lesson plans, grading, parent techer conferences. They work alot. BUT on that note their pay and benefits arent lacking either. My mother makes a pretty comfortable retirement and has pretty good benefits but she definitely earned it. Teachers don't make much to begin with but if they stick with it they end up making a pretty good amount later in their carriers. Not donald trump status or anything even close but its not chump change either.. Furthermore teachers arent paid during the months they don't teach. They can opt to have a certain amount deducted from their checks each month so they can recieve it later during the summer months or they can save it themselves. Either way teachers aren't paid during their off time and people drastically underestimate how much work goes into teaching. But they also underestimate how much they get Paid and what benefits they receive

Yup you're right that a lot of hours take place out of classroom. Just a quick question: how many hours take place in class room? Generally 830-230? So…6? And a normal job is what? 9-5. So…8? So ya, if teachers spend a couple hour after school finishing some stuff up, well that's just getting them back to normal hours. And then we have to consider weekends and I guarantee 0 teachers spend 16 hours EVERY weekend working. Certain weekends yes but not every. So ya. Teachers spending time grading tests and papers STILL doesn't get them up to the same weekly hours as an average person. That's not even including the 2 MONTH HOLIDAY they receive and the fact that the union basically prevents them from being fired for anything short of sexual assault. Don't feel so bad for the teachers.

Just found out. Why I’m here.

I just saw that and headed to the comments to see if anyone else had noticed.

J. Nel same

Me too

I knew I recognized him, but couldn't place it. Thanks!

I'm so glad someone else spotted it, I wasn't sure

He is

I would pay all the money to see that

"I can't believe you and James Bond come from the same country"

If they were to do this, just merge the Dakota's and add DC.

Kerry Wichterich I'm more for Friendly Neighborhood spider-fingers

***** most of our government has gone insane. the result of electing a string of republican fundamentalist Christians who are being payed by the biggest corporations in the world.

wrafflelol610 I would like to point out the fact, that what you just said was discriminatory on so many levels. Which is the things that I have no doubt you believe we should stop.

Mark R please explain as to what is discriminatory, I stated facts. i didn't use racial slurs or insults to describe them. the republican party is made up of white christian men who are being payed by large lobbying groups. this is corruption at its finest.

Mark R "...what you just said was discriminatory on so many levels." I don't think you know what "discriminatory" actually means.

Mark R Read a dictionary, you could use a bit of refreshing on what words actually mean.

It's so fucking good

Racoons on steroids is a scary thought.

Yeah, but that might piss of at least one of the Dakotas, and maybe Dakota Fanning, dunno why she'd care but let's not discount her.

Michael, what other industry does Fargo have to choose from? It's all blue collar farm and oil. There's no/little room for knowledge/skill based industry there.

I drove across South Dakota through the longest straight route for a move from Wisconsin to Washington. I've never been in a place on land fifteen hundred miles from the nearest ocean where I can see the curvature of the Earth on all sides.

Paul Walsh That's exactly what I was thinking!!!

Michael Richard I live in kansas. We are the ones devoted to feeding you

I just fell in love with him thanks amy :D

Amy Kim As an American myself, I could not agree more with you. Are you Korean btw? If so...I love your country. It's in the top 3 countries I want to visit in the future...the others being Iceland and Japan. If you aren't Korean(I made an "American-Assumption" based on the "Kim" part of your name)...I'm sure your country is cool too. :) As for John Oliver...good lord do I ever love that man. Jon Stewart will be missed; but thank yahweh we have someone who's more than capable of stepping up to the plate and filling the gaping hole his absence has left.

avedic Haha yeah I am Korean. But Korean Canadian. I totally agree with you tho. John Oliver is doing a fantastic job and i absolutely love his work.

Neither is he.

Amy Kim Nepal!

I know, Obama's presidency was a time of sheer disappointment and despair, Trump 2020

@@laxattack032 That was not the point of the comment, sir But you aren't welcome around these parts XD

@@thehighnoonsaloon7794 Sorry to break it to you like this.... But this isint your liberal arts center at the middle school, this is the internet. I am welcome anywhere I damn well please. :)

@@laxattack032 lol, you'd be just as welcome at a liberal arts center, and that "XD" was a pretty dead giveaway, that I wasn't saying nothing serious, pal Sorry I came off that way, but you need to ease your nerves, little boy

@@thehighnoonsaloon7794 Lol. Tells me I need to ease off my nerves, literally told me I'm not allowed to be on a youtube comment section because we have different opinions, but I need to calm my nerves. Looks like your nerves are going a little hard there eh? That is the difference between right and left, Right says I dont like your opinion but go ahead and share, left says you dont have the right opinion therefore you have to go. Funny how fascistic that sounds..... hmmmmmmmm........

It's just you.

No not just you, John Oliver is awesome... Rocco just can't understand someone that can actually speak English.

Che cosa?

He seriously needs to learn when to let jokes go. If you do an imitation, it's funny, but if you're still doing that same imitation 15 seconds later, it's cringey and annoying.

My question, but hell, you phrased it better!

He's trained in operatic singing.

Whoops I just left a comment before seeing this post-it is him right!

Lol I was surprised too!!

@@biketickler65 he should've sung the Neverending Story song!

also the kid from Crazy Ex Girlfriend (I know he's not as well known as stranger things kid) is next to john

wow

They have representation, too bad he doesn't bother to go into why it was setup this way. Pro Tip, he quit trying to provide an alternate to any story years ago. States gave up land to DC, the easy solution is give back all the land that has residences on it, except the White House. Done, rights restored. No change in the flag, the voting system, nothing but the "restoration" of rights. Maryland and Virginia didn't cede land for a new state, one that would then make their Senators and Representatives have a smaller voice? It is beyond irritating that this short sited power play isn't seen for what it is...right now its very liberal in DC, so Democrats would most likely increase the holds on all three branches. And it would lower the voices of the "fly-over" states. You want to talk about how many people voted for Trump vs. Hillary in 2016, look at how many counties were won by Trump in either election. You want to talk about disenfranchising people? You make DC a state and the left coast (both of them) will have more of a say over everyone in the middle. He wants to complain about how DC wants people to smoke MJ, but apparently DC doesn't get the right to defend themselves...and somehow that makes sense? Come on, at least acknowledge that your view is a little simplistic. The point of DC wasn't to have a new state, its a city at best, one of the big reasons was to have an area controlled by the Federal Government so no state had any sway. You think Pelosi is going to seed power? No, at best you are just carving out a new state AND a new federal district. And if you don't see that John is being disingenuous (AT BEST), then please tell me why Maryland and Virginia getting the land back doesn't solve the voting issue. Because multiple Republicans have already said they would be fine with that and would vote for that. And you can also tell me why the Democrats don't seem to be on board with that solution, they don't want DC residents to be represented!?!? How awful, right? Framing is a wonderful thing, I just wish John would at least pay some lip service to the other side of these issues. #GiveDCTheVote-inMD&VA (yeah, I am not good a tags).

@@givemethedaily1052 the people of both DC and Maryland don’t want that plan, you can’t make that reality if the people affected don’t want it

@@sigmaballsnetwork So the people in D.C. who don't want to be a state, you know it just adds another lawyer of Bureaucracy and $$$, what do you say to them? I didn't want a guy who can't debate Putin or walk up stairs to be president, its reality. You are SOO simplistic with that statement, I bet you can find some people who would disagree with you, or do you have a survey of both states with 100% reporting and 100% agreement....come one...and who said that? Do you live there? Its you and your friends? MD and VA want to dilute the votes? Really? All of them? That is NOT reality...

@@givemethedaily1052 DC has voted multiple times in non-binding referendums, with statehood winning a majority of the vote, it’s clear that’s what they want

If only she followed with "you get nothing, you lose sir!!!"

made me cry a a single tear lol

HOLD THE LINE !

It's funny cause that's the same phrase people think DC drivers say all the time

M T ok timothée chalamet

What’s the term for that? Oliverpersicisexuality?

Mmmmmmmmm

From the way drivers in Atlanta switch lanes, I could tell they were on something. The peach addiction crisis is a serious issue in Georgia. 😔

10:04

Thanks for the advice kim

Thank you. I vote for you every election. I raised my children to vote for you. The elections are free and fair. We all love you.

This is wierd i was just commenting on mr. Hitler's post over at jimmy falons page. To freaking funny!

*"Thanks, Satan."*

Except all the people at the Vatican are on the same side and have the same goal. Congress just wants to butt heads and be selfish. You'd have a better chance at getting hit by lightning, get chomped on by a shark, then fall into a black hole in immediate sequential order.

Trust me, you wouldn’t like your childhood self on TV. No one does.

I think the kid in the front row in blue might be Lucas from Stranger Things so at least one of them went on to do other things

It's okay I'm sure no one really sees you as an adult so congrats you succeeded. Now go to bed.

@@iamtheonewhocomments201 no u

Probably not, he has gone way too far left. Like in this video. It came up on autopay and I had to see what people are saying. This is just so slanted, its lying by omission. He doesn't even try to give an opposing view or point. And he wants to defend MJ rights, but the 2nd Amendment...Helll to the no. I need to tell RU-vid to quit showing me these, but no doubt these comments will add more to my auto-play.

Oh yeah. Like Twain said, "history doesn't always repeat itself, but it often rhymes." A lot of the things he has talked about will inevitably happen again.

@@givemethedaily1052 well, you can always not click on the RU-vid recs..

@@adrielsebastian5216 True, but that is how these things work. Come, join us, free speech, all the videos they showed I liked in the beginning. I join, enjoy it, now its some BS over and over and its HBO no doubt paying and getting paid more than videos I would want to watch. Or the same Jordan Peterson video MULTIPLE times?! I get he destroyed this Sky interviewer, but once was enough. And since I use a Google box on TV, they don't let me watch other platforms-no app or its a pain to side load. You have good point, but wish they would fix the algorithm to put my wants above most profitable videos....yeah, I know... private company, capitalism, won't happen, etc. But you get the "sucked you in, now watch what we want now that we have you" point?

@@givemethedaily1052 what was so far-left about this video? Voting rights?

True. But DC is more white than it used to be. Lots of gentrification going on.

except hawaii!

Except Guam, right? Two-thirds of Guam's residents are white as rain. Mostly because Two-thirds of the island is US military base. Two-thirds of the military people are white. Your statement still applies, though, because all the military personnel not born on Guam, have voting rights by virtue of being born on in a US State. US Military active, but born on Guam... Have no voting rights just like non-white civilians on Guam. Overlapping double standard! Hold it, Guam's people are all American citizens just like Puerto Rican's. Puerto Rico has something neither Guam OR Washington DC has... One US Representative in Congress! It's true. Unfortunately, the are in the "Don't speak unless spoken to, no vote on any issue. Just sit and take notes. In conclusion, I call for our first, "CITY/STATE (county and municipality for good measures) Have a raffle for DC citizens. Pull a name out of the basket and that person gets to rename it as a state. Democria wins out over Repuglia... 90+% of DC residents are democrats. Republicans shouldn't be able to do shit in DC, numbers alone would gridlock their schemes.

Hawaii is 27% white and it's a state.

A complete coincidence

It's not really a prediction more of just a reflection on how little actually gets done because of how broken our democracy is

@@zachfakelastname normally I'd remind you that it's a bad idea for a federal government to take the public's demands and finish deciding on the matter the next day, and that it should take time to avoid being ruled by mob mentality. However, this has been an issue for over two centuries, so I feel as though I should not say this.

@@lucasharvey8990 Democracy is basically the same thing as mob mentality

@@Intensity_IV that's why we are not a democracy, we are a constitutional republic you brainlet.

His father was a school headmaster and I think his mother was a music teacher so it would make sense lol. There would probably be a lot of learning of things that are corrupt, he would teach all the things that we need to fix with humor to keep their attention so they'd actually learn it. I can only imagine what the bonus questions would be like, who can make the best joke about an event. When the children grow up they would start a new revolution! lol

Did you ever see community season 2? He's essentially a teacher in that

If he would have been one of my teachers. A lot less of my peers would not have skipped school as much. I didn't skip a lot but if he was my teacher. I never would have skipped.

I had lots of teachers like that. But then I'm British...

Best. education. Ever.

First of all there are not 700,000 taxpayers in Washington, DC. Secondly, these so called taxpayers knew when the moved there that they had no representation and why. Third, there should be no change to the status of Washington, D.C. for the very reason the it was not allowed statehood in the first place. Like being a no mans land it is a no state land. The very reason land was carved out of Virginia and Maryland for the District. That no state held the capitol of the country in its borders. It was good then and it is still good today

They elected the right woman

I am. Started winter of this year. Am loving them!

funnily, the americans renamed the intended state of Columbia to Washington to avoid confusion with the district of columbia. Funny how that turned out.

Empress Cosplay I didn't knew what D.C. meant until now, but I sure as f*ck will forget the district stuff and burn da capital in my brain. Im not american btw

Peter Parker what's wrong with you? And how dare you defile the name of our dear Spider-Man?

Empress Cosplay I know it’s been throwing me off

Get ready for your mind to get BLOWN. US Capital city - Washington, DC (District of Columbia) Colombia Capital city - Bogotá, DC (translated: Capital District) And it really begs the question, "Why is anything really named after that third-rate captain of slavery and disease and geoexploratory plagiarism?" Even Colombia, the country that just took his name as theirs, changed their "Columbus Day" to something less offensive and inappropriate. I'm not sure what my point is anymore....but I propose trading capital cities with Colombia because it certainly can't be less idiotic than our current arrangement with Washington, DC.

Someone using twice the word faggot in their probably has much more of a mental problem than Empress Cosplay ;)

Kyman102 watch out for the six californias initiative though

***** I don't think that really has any chance of that passing.

Kyman102 they said the same about prop 8. Never under estimate peoples stupidity.

Also we really do not need a bunch of east coat states like New Hampshire and Vermont just combine them

***** It sounds stupid, but, as far as the US Gov is concerned, splitting California into 6 does a LOT more than banning gay marriage for a little while. Within 20 years, the whole US will have gay marijuana legalized. But the 6 states thing? That's just pointless fracturing, and a needless complication of governmental organization. Combining the Virginias, the Dakotas, and the Carolinas is a nice simplification of organization. Also, we should turn China into 16 or so US States. Think about it: The United States of America and Asia. Maybe Make Japan into a few states, too... start to change the main language to English. If we annex Japan, though, it'll probably be peacefully, and a few hundred years from now, if the US starts to become less American and more a Union of States in America and Asia. That's my historical future fantasy. See the US become a true empire, a _democratic_ empire. It'd be nice to see several different peoples unite under one flag, mostly willingly. And afford them as much autonomy as the original 50.

Well then fuck the republicans, they can move to fucking North Korea if they want to have only one party option on the ballet.

He indirectly mentioned it by saying how DC is consistently liberal and the House usually isn't.

they could merge rhode island into massachusetts. problem solved

I believe that's been a big hurdle for Puerto Rico as well. They are largely liberal. To be honest I'm not sure if Guam, American Samoa etc. want statehood but I'm sure they want a vote. Their citizens serve in our military. It's crazy that they don't get representation. Crazy! I don't understand republicans keeping the vote out if the hands if their citizens. It's immoral. I'm not thrilled with their voting practices but I'd never deny them the right. It's shameful.

DC, Guam, Mariana island, Puerto Rico, US virgin island, A Samoa = Colony of the US. In 2016, colony = evil

Congrats 😂

HAHAHAUA DUDE SERIOUSLY. WAS LOOKING FOE THE PERFECT SCENE AND EVERYTHING

Robert Jay "no homo..." Shameless lies.

Same

I swear to god same thing I just jerked off

Not likely. Republicans are desperate and losing power.

did it get pass the senate...... kinda wanna be a resident in a state again without having to leave DC

It definitely will not pass the Senate as long as Republicons are in "control"

Puerto Rico is more deserving

I agree

Agreed! New States: District Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Marshall Islands, Northern Marianas and the Virgin Islands. 6 new states. 👍👍👍🇺🇸

The current administration would never allow that, unfortunately, particularly with regards to the US territories; too many non-whites who they’d be forced to acknowledge are, and have always been, American citizens.

Dorvell Stewart Actually American Samoans aren’t citizens, they’re nationals. So...

@@triehe but if they move to the mainland,, 6 months later they're pretty much citizens.. crazy how that works. if we move to America Samoa and become residents. I think we become nationals too.. basically.. it's pretty crappy. Puerto Ricans are citizens though. I believe.. It has something to do with jurisdiction.

New vote passed House of Reps but has zero chance to go to vote in Senate with McConnell there

@@tivonutdc fucking Mitch! Hope he loses his seat so our country can move forward.

Trump 2032

It's been 50 years...

@Gracchus Babeuf Well have fun in November. Let's see how much farther the insane fucker can take your country on his joy ride.

@StoreWTF You must be a denizen of Florida.

As a fellow Washingtonian I totally agree! It’s nice to see some coverage!

Georgia Peach the house voted for statehood today. We know Moscow Mitch and occupant 45 ain’t gonna budge on it but I’m still happy for you

Luís Filipe Andrade what that hell does that have to do with anything? It’s a city full of scores of people who pay federal taxes yet don’t have proper representation in Congress and who are controlled by a senate that does not care about anything they want. They deserve statehood

Luís Filipe Andrade Washington D.C has a population bigger then both Wyoming and Vermont and hasn’t a GDP higher then 16 states. They pay federal taxes and send men and woman to war. Yet you believe it’s fine that those people (a mostly black city I might add) should not have congressional representation? Even though this nation was founded on “no taxation without representation” did u even watch the video?

Silas Blinde Small world.....

Michael Anderson Gotta get my dose of comedy ;D With a side of painful truth, lol.

Silas Blinde Didn't get it nor was it quite funny. Was kinda hoping as a Floridian I would, but I don't.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ oh well

Silas Blinde Now I'm just jealous. I'm jealous I don't know how to make that emoticon. It's so hilarious to look at. Nice.

Sounds like my friend group tbh

keanehgz Well he seems to be about the best we've...

I'm going to give you the same chance Rachel got. 50…50

You'd need 50 coins. And then 50 more. 50...50

And then I would put them into my computer. Using science!

Jacob Worboy then rob a bank, a museum and somehow destroy all of Gotham and then the world.

gingergamergirl98 in person she’s actually very soft-spoken. I’ve met her a couple times. You gotta really piss her off to get her going like that.

I'm Australian and i just asked if we could borrow her.

HOLY FUCK, KHAN'S BACK !!!! *Runs into the mountains*

***** you sir have won the internet, a cookie will presented in the mail with in two business.

***** Goddamn Mongorians!

From one of the world biggest empires to a landlocked country between Russia and China, Mongolia had the same fate as British empire.

iilikecereal No needle program can undo the amount of HIV he has spread throughout the world.

My favorite quip about them he’s made is hands down (paraphrasing here) “Look, he’s right. He’s not to blame for the actions of his ancestors. None of us are. I have to believe that, I’m _British_ .”

Off of the top of my head I can probably only think of about... 12 in total... not even consolidering if those were at the same time or not

Hello_Im_Dutch surely there’s at least 12 in Africa alone

A lot of us do that over here, If you can't take the piss out of yourself, then your not really a true Brit.

@@datchisan25 sure, if you count an entire subcontinent as one.

I can't believe kids bop, is still a thing.

+That8oySimba9302 Lmao tru

Everyone sings better than KidzBop

Someone needs to tell them that's where Disney World is located though...

"Let them have gun laws, let them have weed!" HAHAHA!

Just tell them to throw the Tea in the ocean and beg the French for help... seemed to work well enough last time...

@@FallenPhoenix86 Actually, it was a harbor; not an ocean.

@@malcolml309 pedantic much? Go look at a map... Boston sits directly on the Atlantic coast

Read a geography book! Boston, is located on the Charles River. While it does flow into the Atlantic Ocean, Boston Harbor is not, on the Atlantic Ocean; nice try.

@@malcolml309 like I said look at a map, downtown Boston is less than 5 miles from the open ocean. Do you know what the word "pedantic" means? You're trying to start a bullshit argument on a 7 month old comment... Stop wasting my time...

It’s too late, the peach reigns supreme

Ride the peach

Is that a modified Fire Emblem sprite profile pic?

Haha go vols

Seriously? Wow

MetroGnome We have all freedoms! except for the freedom of telling our government not to "distribute freedom" on other countries /: I'm sorry we are war mongers :(

Dude I am one of your subscribers and I love your remixes!

Unguided Reaper well considering how veterans are treated as fucking shit in this country i think they have bigger concerns

Unguided Reaper As a veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan, there wasn't a single care given on my end. There is a much deeper meaning behind his post pertaining to how America spreads freedom around the globe on bullshit premises. You might have caught that if you weren't always so combative.

MetroGnome It IS our number two export. ... In case you were wondering, number one was jobs.

the top left too right?

I was scrolling thru hoping someone else noticed too.

haha same here

"I was scrolling thru hoping someone else noticed too " Are you serious ?? What an AMAZING/Sad thing

Zach Dirksen IK WTF

J.J. NOX Yay, we haven't forgotten about virgin islands, puerto rico, etc!

J.J. NOX Only if they want. Many don't want statehood. Puerto Rico continues to vote against it.

virusts Y'all can always return it to Spain :p

nachoguy5 Puerto Rico is mostly 50/50 with the choices being be a state/be a country. With the situation they are in right now, being a state would greatly benefit them, because they would have government support. TL;DR Puerto Rico dislikes being a territory but can't decide whether to be a state or country.

andell1 The thing with puerto rico, is we where a colony from spain. And as any colony they create a sense of patriotism to subdue the mind of the people. Right now we have to a certain degree the same with the States. But we have 2 main political parties that control the goverment since US Congress gave us the go ahead to choose our own governors. And they Wont benefit at all from independence(no Congress money) and from statehood (their parties will cease to exist) so the people in their ignorance nearly always vote for no change. But probably if you asked the people right now, they will choose statehood.

Give this fucking shithole back to Spain. Yes, I'm a Floridian, so what?

BLACKIESBOY Florida is shit. No offense.

DarkmoonBlade No offense taken. This place sucks. Trump-ass bitches everywhere.

BLACKIESBOY Oh man, you cannot be happy about yesterday, huh?

Trump would have won even without Florida.

My leader you have arrived!

+Brian Habing To be honest, being a launch pad is not that a great thing. States normally choose place they don't really care about to launch their rockets, like Soviet Union in Kazakhstan or ESA in French Guyana.

+Filipe Barroso States choose to launch their rockets from the southernmost location they have reliable access to, not the place they care least about. Based on your knowledge of of Kazakhstan and French Guiana, I'm going to assume I don't need to explain why the southern location is favorable to rocket launches.

Brian Habing Great. Jokes aren't really your strength.

+Filipe Barroso It's rather difficult to gauge humor from text. If you had spoken that I'm sure I would have understood it as a joke based on tone of voice.

Hey Puerto Rico, guess what new job your getting!!!!

Congress also treated World War 1 veterans the same way BLM protestors are being treated now, the reasoning behind it was that a few of those protesting veterans shut down highways and destroyed a vehicle. Surprise surprise, the minute you act as if your welfare is more important than minor economic gains, the government comes in to beat you into submission. It doesn't matter if you're a veteran fighting for stimulus to save you from The Great Depression, a college student protesting against bombing the Vietnamese, or a protestor shouting "I can't breathe", Uncle Sam is busting out the water cannons and nightsticks all the same.

There's a reason why it's the Retiree and low skill worker capital of the USA.

I always said Florida is for candy asses and cockroaches.

I was born and raised in Florida and I...COULD NOT WAIT TO GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE! (Or should I say, "get out of that Hell!"?) Nothing I can add to all of the wonderful praise of Mr. Oliver, the deep loathing of Florida and the truly earnest, level-headed thoughts toward helping out the D.C. citizens. Keep up the good work all of you! Partisanship seems to be more important these days than proper behavior and knowing right from wrong. Everyone get everyone you know to vote in November and vote as I am, have and always will: The "Not Trump" choice! Getting rid of the worst liar in history is the only way to get rid of the "Fake News". Hopefully we're not too late. Thank you.

@@libertyann439 I'm a year late, but what in the fuck is a candy ass???

You are lucky I have band camp all week

Camvlogs52 dam. I have something for this. I watched American pie soley for a moment like this

I shoved a flute so far…!!!!!!!

15:04 Oh, he mentioned it. I still claim props for noticing it beforehand though. :)

props

Should be 54 star's

Gumnball The US really proves that human stupidty is infinite, and that Machiavelli was spot on.

1234kalmar The first step to solving your problems is admitting you have them; at least we are admitting our issues unlike most other countries ... or having a British guy admit them for us, same thing.

Gumnball That's what's so great about us: the entertainment never ends.

Gumnball Washington was literally our Best President. When He left Office, he asked us not to split into politcal parties. And what do we have now? 2 Fucking Political Parties. Lastly, when is Congress gonna get rid of their Diapers and actually grow up for once?

George Horna We have more than 2, the problem is the other 'minority' parties do not get represented in the media unless they do something crazy and are all lumped together as 'independent' if by chance they get elected, so they are repressed as hell. But the main problem is the two 'main' parties refuse to even attempt to work together without personal/party gain. Because that's the whole point of becoming a senator/president, advancing yourself and your party. Surely not fixing and serving the country. That's the poor sap who is elected after you's job.

LET ME RAHDE DE PEACH, Y'ALL!!

I'm just dying. XD

Same

jseeker1867 We are in dire need of more states.

jseeker1867 lets not get ahead of ourselves

The island is not fine the way it is, but I think independence is a better path

In puerto Rocco's last survey over statehood they breached somewhere over 50% so it's a possibility. The issue is that the island is filled with rich US citizens who use puerto rico's territory status as a tax haven. So there is a lot of influential clout actively seeking to prevent statehood there.

jseeker1867 Congress probably won't allow it. They would probably say something along the lines if it became a state, it would be less special as a tourist location.