I have to admit that I've heard some of the most intellectually dishonest absurdity that I've ever been privileged to hear in terms of some of the rationale that I've heard as to why there should not be statehood for the District of Columbia.
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Davis criticizes arguments against D.C. statehood as intellectually dishonest.
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