Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC
DC was the 1st territory in the United States to free the enslaved. It’s where Black Americans fled the tyranny of slavery & towards greater freedom, to DC. Yet today it’s where 2nd class citizenship reigns, and the right to vote is denied. It’s time to recognize DC statehood. — PolitiTweet.org
Fenit Nirappil @FenitN
.@AOC ties D.C. statehood to the legacy of slavery: "The people who fled here to the District of Columbia to flee s… https://t.co/qVty6s5G1R