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On the recordJune 25, 2020
Mr. President, our country faces real challenges today. For example, anti-American mobs are roaming the streets in many cities, tearing down statues of our greatest statesmen, men like Abraham Lincoln, U.S. Grant, and George Washington, after whom this Capital City is named. But the Democrats aren't doing anything about that problem. Oh, no, on the contrary, the mob is, in many ways, the youth movement of the Democratic Party. So they are perfectly content to look the other way-- or even cheer it on. I mean, have you heard Joe Biden, Chuck Schumer, or Nancy Pelosi denounce the mob violence we see on our streets? Me neither. Instead, the Democrats have found another pressing issue. The House is voting tomorrow on a bill to make Washington, DC, a State. If that sounds insane, you are not alone. More than two-thirds of the American people oppose DC statehood, according to a Gallup poll last summer. By some estimates, DC statehood is less popular even than defunding the police. So why are the Democrats pushing for it? The answer is simple--power. The Democrats want to make Washington a State because they want two new Democratic Senators in perpetuity. The Democrats are angry at the American people for refusing to give them total control of the government, for going on a decade now. So they want to give the swamp as many Senators as your State has. They want to make Washington a State to rig the rules of our democracy and try to give the Democratic Party permanent power.…
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Tom Cotton
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