President Trump should have followed the example of a well-regarded Republican president. In 1954, President Eisenhower raised the bar for equality for DC. #DCstatehood #SOTU
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In his 1954
#SOTU address, President Eisenhower said: “In the District of Columbia, the time is long overdue for granting national suffrage to its citizens and also applying the principle of local self-government to the Nation's Capital.”#DCstatehood is 219 years overdue.Show this thread
In 1955, President Eisenhower led his party again: “I renew my request that the principle of self-government be extended and the right of suffrage granted to the citizens of the District of Columbia.” #DCstatehood
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And in 1956, as Eisenhower called on Congress to bring democracy to DC another time. I was in the Capitol tonight to challenge President Trump to do the same.
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“Once again, I ask the Congress to join with me in demonstrating our belief in the right of suffrage. I renew my request that the principle of self-government be extended and the right of suffrage granted to the citizens of the District of Columbia” -- President Eisenhower, 1956
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