Most GOP leaders like Marco Rubio and John McCain now understand the political power of the rising Hispanic vote and "self-deporting" politicians.
"Some may know of my strongly held views that D.C. residents must enjoy equal Congressional, voting and self-government rights with other Americans," she told the crowd.
Silly as Facebook's "democracy" may now seem in context, the conflation of voting and self-governance has caused serious international relations issues.
Unfortunately in politics, where most elected officials "have a price" for their votes and self-preservation in office, all money is "good money" for a majority in Congress and legislators in most State Houses, even when innocent lives are at stake from preventable gun violence.
Not surprisingly, perhaps, self-described liberal independents tended to vote Democratic, and self-described conservative independents to vote Republican.
But many Tibetans in India have not taken up their new right to vote and the self-proclaimed Tibetan government-in-exile, which has its own elections for Tibetans in India, has taken a neutral stance on the subject.
Apparently, it's completely normal (under the current administration) to announce major policy decisions and staffing changes that impact national security and international diplomacy alongside exhortations to "get out the vote" and lavish self-praise for the state of the economy.
And it has been dreadful on foreign policy.The most likely outcome of an election, if one were held, is that Law and Justice and Civic Platform would win 25-30% of the vote apiece, and Self-Defence would be the only other party in parliament.
We are a divided nation in electoral votes, ideologies and self-selected social-media bubbles, there is no doubt.
The bill would not make D.C. a state but declares support for statehood to give D.C. residents full congressional voting rights and self-government.
Several sponsors had recently withheld their support after the group came under public pressure for advocating voting restrictions and self-defense legislation modeled on Florida's Stand Your Ground law, which became an issue after the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
