GOP senators are sounding some old-fashioned dog whistles while arguing against statehood for Washington, D.C.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser sports a mask calling for statehood. Photo: Getty Images The people of Washington, D.C., want congressional representation. They have wanted it for a long time, and have said so in explicit terms. In 2016, a district-wide referendum in favor of statehood passed with 78 percent of the vote. Because these voters have no congressional representation, lawmakers have little incentive to heed them — and indeed, most of them haven’t. D.C.
“You get outside the Beltway and the craziness here of Washington, D.C., the American people agree with us,” Senator Steve Daines of Montana said on Wednesday. “Sometimes I think it’s important for senators and congressmen, in fact, most of the time, get out of this city and go out to where the real people are at across the country and ask them what they think.” Daines did not explain how he distinguishes “real people” from the fake kind, which is unfortunate. The answer would be illuminating.
Days earlier, Tom Cotton took to the floor of the Senate to explain exactly why the 700,000 people who live in Washington, D.C., do not deserve congressional representation. “Wyoming is smaller than Washington by population, but it has three times as many workers in mining, logging and construction, and 10 times as many workers in manufacturing,” the senator observed. “In other words, Wyoming is a well-rounded working-class state. A new state of Washington would not be.
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