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Ben Wikler: “D.C. would not be the smallest state.”

Featuring: Ben Wikler, Democratic | Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 29:23

And we've just forgotten that we can do that, but we actually can just, just do that. And so if you're list out, let's have D.C. statehood. D.C. would not be the smallest state. Let's invite Puerto Ricans to decide whether they want to be a state. Those things are completely normal in U.S. history. (29:23–29:27)

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Asserts that Washington D.C. would not be the smallest U.S. state if granted statehood.

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