AOC: Slavery Has 'Disenfranchised' DC's Statehood – And It's Time For That To Change

Beth Baumann @eb454  Sep 19, 2019

Progressive darling Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Thursday took part in a hearing about the District of Columbia and whether or not statehood should be granted. According to the freshman Congresswoman, the reason D.C. doesn't have statehood – or a voice in federal elections – is because of "disenfranchisement" and slavery.

AOC explained that her Puerto Rican family, despite living in an American territory, never lacked the right to vote in federal elections, USA Today reported............To Read More....

My Take - Pelosi knows better, but Ocasio-Cortez is clueless.  Washington DC was ceded to the federal government by the State of Maryland for the sole purpose of locating the nation's capital there. It's a city, it's not a state and should not have the privileges of at state.  If the Congress doesn't want it to "just" be a city, then they need to give it back to Maryland and end this farce of having a non- voting congressional delegate in Congress. But since both of them are clearly members in high regard of the Club For the Galacticly Stupid, what else can you expect?