Donald Trump Jr., stumping for Republicans in Swanton, Ohio, rattled off the Democratic plans he was warning the crowd about: "They want to pack the Supreme Court. They want to make Ohio a state." Ohio has been a state since 1803 — the line he was reaching for is the Democratic push to make Washington, D.C. a state, and the slip drew instant attention online.
The argument underneath the slip is a real one, and it is worth hearing plainly. Democrats have proposed statehood for Washington, D.C., which would give the capital two senators of its own, and leading voices in the party have backed expanding the Supreme Court beyond nine justices. Both moves would change the balance of power in Washington for a generation, long after Tuesday's winners are seated.
For voters in states like Ohio, that is why the point matters more than the gaffe: two extra Senate seats from D.C. would count in every close vote — on taxes, on judges, on energy — and a larger Supreme Court would reshape rulings for decades. Trump Jr.'s warning at the rally was that those are the stakes riding alongside the names on Tuesday's ballot.
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