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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why break a good thing? I'm a DC native and don't get the clamoring for statehood besides "it's fashionable"[/quote]

Today's statehood argument is largely being pushed by white and wealthy liberal transplants, whose gentrification ironically pushed tens of thousands poor people (most of whom are people of color) out of the District and into states with Congressional representation.[/quote]

Who cares?  Whether DC should have Congressional representation should NOT be depended on whether or to what extent gentrification has taken place.  DC should have Congressional representation, regardless.  As a separate question, I certainly recognize that the chances of obtaining that representation have increased perhaps due to the changing composition of DC.  [Biden's election and BLM issues no doubt have furthered the cause as well.]  But, regardless, all DC residents of whatever makeup would benefit from Congressional representations.  And those folks who move out of DC are being represented by others in Congress.  [/quote]

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