Mayor Bowser says ‘wouldn’t be in this situation’ with filibuster if DC had statehood

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser tried to sell D.C. statehood during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day speech by saying that the battle over the filibuster in the Senate wouldn’t be an issue if the District had two senators.

“I came here today to make sure that no one forgets about Washington, D.C., because we cannot talk about voting rights without talking about the disenfranchisement of 700,000 taxpaying citizens,” said Bowser, who suggested D.C.’s lack of a voting congressional representation is “a legacy of slavery and Jim Crow America.”

D.C. MAYOR: “Today we’re talking about the filibuster. But consider this: We wouldn’t even be in this situation if Washington, D.C. had two senators” pic.twitter.com/0b3oQZYa65

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“Today we’re talking about the filibuster, but consider this,” she continued. “We wouldn’t even be in this situation if Washington, D.C., had two senators — the two senators we deserve.”

Bowser went on to tie her advocacy for D.C. statehood with Democratic-led legislation aimed at overhauling the U.S. election system. – READ MORE