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Black lives matter in Washington. Does the Senate agree?

K. Sabeel Rahman
Hakeem Jeffries
CNN

It's time for Black lives in DC to matter. Let's end centuries of silencing Black voices.

It's time for DC to become a state. It's time for Black Washingtonians to have a voice at the federal level. It's time for Black lives in DC to matter. Let's end centuries of silencing Black voices. It's time to start a new chapter for the District of Columbia, and it starts with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell taking up the Washington D.C. Admission Act.

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