Democrats think they will win back the Senate and the White House in November. But Democrats and progressives advocating big structural changes seem to be convinced, foolishly, that they will never lose another election.

Democrats hope to give themselves four more senators by granting statehood to Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. While it’s unclear if the latter will really elect Democratic senators (or even if it wants to become a state), the district votes for Democrats by a nearly 80-point margin. Granting statehood to the city is a blatant power grab for Senate Democrats, which is why Chuck Schumer wants to push it.