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April 23, 2026

Kick Arlington and Alexandria Out of Virginia?

Timothy Birdnow

While I admire the spirit of this it would be a disaster, in all probability.

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Deep blue Arlington and Alexandria both had belonged to the District of Columbia after Virginia ceded the territories when Washington was first created, and remained so until 1847 when Congress returned them to Virginia as a concession to protect slavery. The issue has never been fully resolved, and the President could call for the return of these areas to the District of Columbia, thus disenfranchising the inhabitants there and taking the blues parts out of Virginia, flipping the state red.

It sounds like a great plan except there is a catch; this will certainly drive a credible call for statehood for D.C. Who could argue against that, with two major cities being incorporated into the nation's capital? We would be hard-pressed to stoop statehood and the public would think that only fair.

We do not want to create another left-wing Democrat state.

As I say, bravo for the spirit but this would probably backfire on us in a Yuge way.

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1 These days I wish there were some way to kick Virginia out of the U.S.

Posted by: Dana Mathewson at April 23, 2026 01:28 PM (5FaDg)

2 Me too. Or move it away from D.C., since it is those counties near Washington that are the problem in the Old Dominion.
Part of Virginia already seceded from the state; maybe the rest of 'em can do so as well.

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at April 23, 2026 04:01 PM (oflqW)

3 "She was bred in old Virginnie but she's just a crumb up here".

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at April 23, 2026 04:03 PM (oflqW)

4 ROTFLMAO, fer sherr!

Posted by: Dana Mathewson at April 24, 2026 08:17 PM (8kMOw)

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