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[quote=Anonymous]Pay attention: the only people who push to eliminate Home Rule in DC are Republicans. The bills to repeal home rule are always introduced by Republicans. There are reasons for this. Prior to Home Rule, a Congressional Committee, all appointed by the President, governed DC. The committee had ultimate authority over D.C., with the ability to table or vote against any laws or funding concerning the District. The Chair of that committee had the authority to starve DC, to decide what was legal or not legal (abortion anyone?????), who could build, who could open a store, literally everything in the hands of one man appointed by the President. For a long time that was Rep. John L. McMillan, a segregationist Democrat from South Carolina. DC used to be called the MacMillan Plantation, and its citizens do not wish to be enslaved again by Trump and his Congress.[/quote]
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