Again, carve out New York City/Longisland as a state giving us two new Republican Senators, AND carve out Chicago, giving us another couple of new Republican Senators, and maybe carve out San Fran/Sacramento/Hollyweird/Beverly Hills as a new state, and that gives us another two Republican Senators.
That's 6 new Republican Senators, and most of the worst lot of Democrats find themselves cooped up in states that cannot finance themselves.
They’re not going to do that.
The point of Puerto Rican statehood is MITIGATING damage from this coming election. Not making the damage worse.