Pelosi Pushes for Washington, DC, Statehood as the House Is Poised to Vote on a Bill for It
Washington, D.C., may be headed toward statehood if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has anything to say about it. Pelosi took to the podium Friday to advocate for Americans residing in the nation’s capital as she…
Washington, D.C., may be headed toward statehood if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has anything to say about it.
Pelosi took to the podium Friday to advocate for Americans residing in the nation’s capital as she believes they deserve a vote in the House and the Senate.
“The fact is, people in the District of Columbia pay taxes, fight our wars, and risk their lives for our democracy,” Pelosi said.
She added, “And yet in this place, they have no vote in the House or the Senate about whether we go to war and how those taxes are exacted and how it’s all played.”
Check out her comments below:
Several other people have joined Pelosi in advocating for statehood.
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser weighed in on the matter during a press conference on Monday.
“This is America, and Americans are entitled to equal protection under the law, and that’s why we are demanding statehood,” Bowser said.
Watch her comments below:
2020 Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden issued a tweet expressing his support for the initiative.
“DC should be a state. Pass it on,” Biden tweeted on Thursday evening.
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Sen. Elizabeth Warren