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AOC on DC statehood: ‘Disenfranchisement’ of DC rooted in the ‘history of slavery’

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez cited the disenfranchisement of the majority-minority city as "upholding the injustice of the practices enacted during slavery."

      
Nicholas Wu, USA TODAY
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