Democratic Delegate Throws Tantrum During Speaker of the House Vote Because She Doesn’t Like the Rules

Congressional Delegate Stacey Plaskett, a Democrat representing the Virgin Islands, caused a commotion Friday during the vote to elect the speaker of the House when she demanded to know why she and other delegates from U.S. territories could not participate.

Plaskett rose and said she had a parliamentary inquiry.

“I note that the names of representatives from the American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia were not called, representing collectively four million Americans,” she said.

At this point, her fellow House Democrats rose in applause. It has long been the Democrat position that at least Puerto Rico and D.C. should become the 51st and 52nd states, thereby giving the party likely four new senators and multiple new

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