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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “To deny the statehood of the District of Columbia is to deny the impact of slavery in America.”

On the recordSeptember 18, 2019
To deny the statehood of the District of Columbia is to deny the impact of slavery in America.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Ocasio-Cortez argues that denying D.C. statehood ignores the historical impact of slavery.

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