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On the recordMarch 21, 2021
We've just heard from several of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle about how Democrats win elections in the District of Columbia by 90 percent or 92 percent or what have you, as if we should all understand that the implication of that is constitutionally relevant; that because it's lopsided in favor of one party, that those people shouldn't be represented in Congress.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Raskin criticizes the argument against D.C. representation based on partisan voting patterns.

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