People For Member,
The arguments from the Far Right against D.C. statehood grow increasingly bizarre and nonsensical as popularity for the movement grows, demonstrating their desperation to prevent D.C. from becoming the 51st state. The momentum is on our side and with your support we can help get this incredibly important measure across the finish line.
Donald Trump has famously claimed that the push for D.C. statehood is a political move focused entirely on increasing the Democrats’ influence in Congress – even though the movement toward statehood is many decades old.
Just last year, Mitch McConnell nonsensically called the push toward statehood “pure socialism,” and a press conference against statehood held by Senators Tom Cotton, Steve Daines, and Lindsey Graham was full of racist dog whistles and no actual substance.
Denying full citizenship to D.C.’s racially diverse population sends the message that the 700,000+ people that live in D.C. don’t deserve to have a voice in their government. That is appalling, wrong, and goes against the democratic principles our nation is founded upon.
Throughout the pandemic, D.C.’s unique and unjust situation has been made painfully clear. Even as its caseload was higher than that of many states, it was left without millions of dollars in funding critical for helping its residents weather the coronavirus crisis and has now even faced difficulty in obtaining vaccine supplies for its residents because they lack statehood status.
We can’t wait any longer: D.C. needs to be a state now.
Urge Congress to act right away >>
Thanks for all that you do and for joining us in this fight.
Zach, People For the American Way
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