Inside The Push To Make Washington, D.C. The 51st State
Inside The Push To Make Washington, D.C. The 51st State
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More people live in Washington, D.C. than in Wyoming or Vermont. But without statehood, residents of D.C. have no voting member in Congress. We discuss the new push by Democrats to make D.C. the 51st state. George Derek Musgrove, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton and Rep. Dusty Johnson join Anthony Brooks.