Deroy Murdock: D.C. statehood vs. tax freedom -- GOP should demand local vote
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GOP and conservative reservations about D.C. statehood have nothing to do with anti-black bigotry.
"Now today the state of D.C. would be 46 percent black, which would make it the state with the highest percentage of black people in the entire country," Rep. Ayanna Presley, D-Mass., told a House hearing on March 23. "I’m gonna make it plain: DC statehood is a racial justice issue, and racism kills." Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich was blunt a day earlier, via Twitter: "Opposition to D.C. statehood is racist. Period."More Related News