It's demagoguery and it is racist. He name check Baltimore. He name checked Chicago. Those are two black mayors. Mayor of Washington D.C. also a black mayor, by the way. Every single one of us should be advocating for D.C. statehood. That's how you enable local control and let people decide how they wish their government to serve them. It's that simple. Matt, we got just a few seconds. (12:34–12:39)
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Advocates for Washington D.C. to become a state to enable local control.
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