There is a cruel irony in the discussion over D.C. statehood: the only people who don’t get a say are the people most impacted, the residents of Washington D.C.
Last week, the House of Representative passed a bill to make Washington D.C. the 51st state in the union. All Democratic members of the Pennsylvania House delegation voted in favor; no single Republican joined. Now it is up to a divided Senate to decide if nearly 700,000 people, 45% of whom are Black and the majority of whom are Democrats, deserve a voting member of the House and two Senators.