Gerry Connolly actually said...

In a 2016 referendum, 86 percent of the residents of Washington, DC. voted in favor of D.C. Statehood.

It was not a Democratic protest or response. It was not a Republican protest or response. It was an American response to an injustice.

I can tell you that at least in my district in Northern Virginia, we fully support the autonomy of D.C.

If our colleagues choose to ignore the statehood petition of the people of Washington, there is not much we can do about that kind of moral ...