Tell Congress: "Pass the DC statehood bill to end the disenfranchisement of hundreds of thousands of Americans !" |
Republicans and right-wingers went all-out in a Congressional hearing to stop DC statehood. Can you fight back and tell Congress to make DC a state? The Republican war on voting rights is making headlines across America. One of their most egregious attempts to undermine voting rights, especially for Black voters, is in our nation's capital. Washington DC has more people than Vermont or Wyoming. Nearly half of DC's residents are Black. But unlike those mostly white states, DC residents don't have any representation in the Senate. And their Representative in the House cannot vote on legislation. In 2020 the House voted to make DC a state. But Mitch McConnell blocked it in the Senate. Now that Democrats control the Senate, and with Joe Biden endorsing DC statehood last week, there's no excuse. Time for Congress to make DC the 51st state ! Sign the petition: Tell Congress to make DC a state! There's no excuse for the mass disenfranchisement of people who live in Washington DC. Senate Republicans have been insistent on blocking statehood for DC, worried about their political fortunes instead of voting rights. Republican Senator Steve Daines from Montana even went so far as to say that people in DC aren't "real people." At the hearing, the right-wing Heritage Foundation made the ridiculous claim that DC doesn't need statehood because members of Congress see yard signs on the way to work. Refusing to allow DC to become a state is a key element of the right-wing grip on power in Congress. It's time to act to restore democratic, majoritarian rule to the federal government. Will you tell Congress that you won't stand by as nearly one million of your fellow Americans are denied representation, simply because of where they live ? Tell Congress: DC deserves statehood! Thanks, Team Progress.
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