NEW YORK — As I warned last fall, Democrats are pushing to make Washington, D.C. America’s 51st state. Republicans are resisting this idea, as well they should. Democrats, in turn, blame the GOP’s reluctance on—what else?—"Racism!" "Now today the state of D.C. would be 46 percent black, which would make it the state with the highest percentage of black people in the entire country," U.S. Rep. Ayanna Presley told a House hearing Tuesday. "I’m gonna make it plain: D.C. statehood is a racial justice issue, and racism kills."