Republicans offer humiliating arguments against DC statehood
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen
Brian Tyler Cohen
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🗓️ 25 April 2021
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
The House has passed a bill granting statehood for Washington, D.C., and Brian debunks all of the arguments AGAINST it. Brian interviews Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton from Washington, D.C. about statehood passing the House, getting the Democratic holdouts on board, and her response to those Republicans who’ve publicly opposed it. And finally, Brian chats with Fox LA host Elex Michaelson about the California recall and Caitlyn Jenner’s entrance into the race, and what Manchin and Sinema stand to gain by protecting the filibuster.
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| 0:00.0 | Today we're going to talk about statehood for Washington, DC, along with how to debunk |
| 0:04.6 | all of the arguments against it. |
| 0:06.3 | I interview Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes-Norton from Washington, DC about statehood passing |
| 0:10.5 | the house, getting the Democratic holdouts on board, and her response to those Republicans |
| 0:14.5 | who've publicly opposed it. |
| 0:16.2 | And finally, I chat with Fox LA's Alex Michelson about the California recall in Caitlin |
| 0:20.0 | Jenner's entrance into the race, and what mansion and cinema stand gained by protecting |
| 0:23.8 | the filibuster. |
| 0:24.8 | I'm Brian Tyler Cohen, and you're listening to No Lie. |
| 0:30.1 | For the second time in US history, the house has passed a bill granting statehood for Washington, |
| 0:34.4 | DC, which is prompted Republicans to line up against the 705,000 residents of DC getting |
| 0:39.2 | representation in Congress. |
| 0:41.2 | Now there's a whole gamut of excuses being thrown out by Republicans, so I just want to |
| 0:45.2 | cover what I can, ranging from the ridiculous to the more quietly insidious. |
| 0:50.6 | So first off, Republicans have claimed that DC can't possibly be a state because there's |
| 0:54.7 | no landfill. |
| 0:56.0 | A comment that prompted Congresswoman Mondair Jones to say this. |
| 1:00.0 | One of my house Republican colleagues said that DC shouldn't be a state because the |
| 1:03.4 | district doesn't have a landfill. |
| 1:06.8 | My goodness, with all the racist trash my colleagues have brought to this debate, I can see why |
| 1:11.8 | they're worried about having a place to put it. |
| 1:14.4 | We've had Tom Cotton say that DC wasn't well-rounded enough to be a state, giving this example. |
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