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“Mr. Kobach later emailed to you on July 14 writing that the lack of the citizenship question ‘leads to the problem that aliens who do not actually reside in the United States are still counted for congressional apportionment services,’” she said at the Thursday hearing.

“Of course they do reside in the United States. They reside in my district. They’re my constituents,” she added.

Was this not the reasoning behind the infamous 3/5ths compromise?

Did not the Democrats of old yell as loud as they could that slaves were property and yet the same time demand they be counted in the Census to inflate their own congressional numbers?

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As opposed to the United States citizens residing in her district who are not her constituents.