Under the noses of most Americans, there is a battle being fought. It is a battle of reason, statistics and history, fighting against emotion and power. It is the battle of Washington D.C. statehood.
Little do the thousands of tourists realize as they order their Starbucks and take their Ubers, that the workers making their drinks and the drivers dropping them off have no vote. Little do they remember what the license plates on the cars around them mean. “No taxation without representation” seems a relic of the American Revolution rather than today’s protest.
They are unaware that the residents of Washington D.C. have no vote in Congress. What this means is that D.C. residents can only vote in local elections, primaries – if part of a political party– and the presidential popular vote…