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Jamie Raskin: “Like, learn about American history and you will understand that all of the fraudulent arguments being made against the…”

On the recordMarch 21, 2021
Like, learn about American history and you will understand that all of the fraudulent arguments being made against the admission of Washington, DC, as a new state have been made against almost every state in the past.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin argues that historical objections to D.C. statehood mirror past state admissions.

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