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Tom Cotton: “The founders made Washington, D.C., independent, so that the federal government would never again be at the mercy of a…”

On the recordApril 22, 2021
The founders made Washington, D.C., independent, so that the federal government would never again be at the mercy of a mob.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas
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msnbc.com

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Cotton argues against D.C. statehood based on historical reasoning.

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