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Dem Rep. Jones: Opposition to D.C. Statehood ‘Engaging in Racist Activity,’ ‘Quite a Sinister Thing’
Breitbart ^ | April 24 2021 | JEFF POOR

Posted on 04/25/2021 3:20:58 AM PDT by knighthawk

During Saturday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Smerconish,” Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-NY) decried GOP opposition to making the District of Columbia a U.S. state.

The New York State congressman called it “racist activity” to oppose the push and compared the population of Washington, D.C. to Vermont and Wyoming.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: New York
KEYWORDS: cnn; dc; districtofcolumbia; jones; mondairejones; newyork; smerconish; statehood
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1 posted on 04/25/2021 3:20:58 AM PDT by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk

D.C. was carved out of Maryland and Virginia, most of Virginia’s area was returned to that state, Why don’t we just return the rest to Maryland? Easy solution.


2 posted on 04/25/2021 3:28:57 AM PDT by Ouch (The only way three people keep a secret is if two of them are dead.)
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To: knighthawk

The sooner we separate from these people the better. I pray it will be peaceful but assume it won’t.


3 posted on 04/25/2021 3:30:16 AM PDT by No_Mas_Obama
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To: Ouch

You make the common mistake of taking a logical approach with people who are possessed by a cult. Recently I had to explain to my elderly mother how Sleepy Joe is a religious zealot. Hint - it has nothing to do with his pretend Catholicism.


4 posted on 04/25/2021 3:32:22 AM PDT by No_Mas_Obama
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To: knighthawk

Anything that interferes with the Commucrats’ plan for solidifying USSR-style single party rule in the US is racist.


5 posted on 04/25/2021 3:34:03 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Der Impfstoff macht frei.)
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To: All

If it was a real problem they could just give back the residential areas back to the surrounding states.


6 posted on 04/25/2021 3:39:54 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Free Assange )
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To: Fresh Wind

The Winner!

Ignore the word.

Name the behavior. Manipulative leftist yowling


7 posted on 04/25/2021 3:44:10 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: knighthawk

Citizens of Northern California should have their voices heard too. Why should they not get statehood? And what about northern New York? I’m sure a lot of these people would like statehood too.


8 posted on 04/25/2021 3:45:11 AM PDT by boycott
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To: Ouch

Write the 4-line text and get your local state to simply pass the legislation....all non-federal property in the District....returned to Maryland. This shouldn’t take more than six weeks to get thirty states to approve this.


9 posted on 04/25/2021 3:45:56 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: knighthawk
God damn, their argument for/against everything is racism now. It used to feel like a joke, but now it's:

Oppose D.C. statehood? Racist.
The filibuster needs to be abolished because it's racist.
Voter ID is racist.

Etc., etc., etc. It's so frickin' tiresome.

10 posted on 04/25/2021 3:49:12 AM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: knighthawk

Communists think crying racism is the magic star dust to all their perverse dreams coming true.


11 posted on 04/25/2021 3:54:00 AM PDT by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: Ouch

The “District of Columbia”, once carved out of Maryland and Virginia, is a concept, not a sacred piece of ground. Change the boundaries so the actual district only covers the grounds of the White House, the Supreme Court building, and the Capitol grounds, and the triangular piece of ground that connects all three. The rest is ceded back to Maryland, as “District County”, and the residents of Washington and Anacostia are then represented by a voting seat in Congress, and rewarded by being represented by what are almost always two Democrat Senators.

The Federal government then pays the state of Maryland what would be the fair market real estate taxes on the Federally owned land and appurtenances that lie within this District County, on a decreasing scale, beginning at 100% the first year, and decreasing at 10% a year until the tenth year, when the program is discontinued altogether.

The District of Columbia scarcely makes up a decent TOWNSHIP, anywhere else in the United States. It barely qualifies as being a county.


12 posted on 04/25/2021 4:05:18 AM PDT by alloysteel (¡Viva la Revolución! It worked for Castro....)
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To: knighthawk

“constitutional” SCOTUS rulings are racist..doncha know


13 posted on 04/25/2021 4:06:39 AM PDT by mo ("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible)
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To: pepsionice

There’s no need for Congress to even meet geographically any longer.

They can stay at home and meet electronically-like the rest have learned to do during COVID

Capitol Hill effectively should be a museum


14 posted on 04/25/2021 4:12:06 AM PDT by mo ("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible)
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To: knighthawk

When a Democrat or any Leftist, accuses you of being a racist, he’s not really accusing you of making decisions based on race, he’s accusing you of being anti-Democrat. Don’t try to reason with him, laugh at him. You can’t reason with a fool, but ridicule actually works.


15 posted on 04/25/2021 4:30:59 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The stone age didn't end because we ran out of stones.)
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To: knighthawk

The New York State congressman called it “racist activity” to oppose the push and compared the population of Washington, D.C. to Vermont and Wyoming.

I concluded my morning English muffin was racist and switched to whole-wheat.


16 posted on 04/25/2021 4:43:06 AM PDT by Flick Lives (“Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives.”)
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To: knighthawk

If it is just returned to Maryland, the Democrats won’t get two more Senators, which is their objective.


17 posted on 04/25/2021 4:47:17 AM PDT by RAldrich
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To: knighthawk

Again, if McConnell really gave a crap he would have proposed giving DC back to Maryland back in 2017. But he want to be in the permanent minority.


18 posted on 04/25/2021 4:52:25 AM PDT by 3RIVRS
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To: Ouch

Because the GOP-e can’t be a minority party if they did that.


19 posted on 04/25/2021 4:53:07 AM PDT by 3RIVRS
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To: alloysteel

The best option, other than doing nothing.


20 posted on 04/25/2021 4:54:45 AM PDT by WayneM (Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe.)
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