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Washington, D.C. Won't Become a State, But Not for the Reasons NBC Claims
[PJ] When the fact-checkers need a reality check...Washington, D.C., is the only city in America where I’ve ever made a wrong turn, gotten lost, and found myself staring at an abandoned police car sitting under an overpass. It was caked in dust and didn’t look like it had been driven in months, maybe years. This was several years ago now, before all our phones had GPS tracking capabilities. It was quite the shock for this kid who grew up in a law-enforcement family. What local failures must cascade to arrive at the place where a notoriously crime-ridden city has abandoned police cruisers on its streets? While Washington fails to capably carry out the governing duties it does have, such as public safety, the nation’s capital has long sought yet more power in the form of statehood. That’s politics, where failing up is always an option. NBC reports that Democrats have a bill in Congress that would supposedly make D.C. a state if it passes. But it actually wouldn’t. Interestingly, not one time does the NBC report use the most relevant word in the statehood conversation: Constitution. Instead, NBC predictably politicizes the story. Posted by: Besoeker 2021-01-28 |
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