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Robin Kelly: “Hopefully, the D.C. Statehood issue will be seen both as a democratic issue, but also as a racial justice issue.”

On the recordMarch 21, 2021
Hopefully, the D.C. Statehood issue will be seen both as a democratic issue, but also as a racial justice issue.
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Robin Kelly
Democratic · Illinois

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Kelly emphasizes D.C. Statehood as both a democratic and racial justice concern.

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