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Staff writer @TheAtlantic. Senior Fellow @SAISHopkins, @SNFAgora. Author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE and now TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY

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    Anne Applebaum‏Verified account @anneapplebaum Feb 21

    DC has a real history; real people live here. So why don't we count as real Americans?https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/02/dc-statehood-matter-justice/618100/ …

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      2. Anne Applebaum‏Verified account @anneapplebaum Feb 21

        "The amoral “Washington” of Frank Underwood, the glamorous “Washington” of Hollywood movies, the evil “Washington” of the libertarian imagination—that’s just as fictional to most D.C. residents as it is to the rest of America."

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      3. Anne Applebaum‏Verified account @anneapplebaum Feb 21

        Not only are we both more ordinary and more talented than you think we are; we are also far more numerous. Our state, while small, would have a population larger than that of Wyoming or Vermont. If trends continue, we could soon catch up to Alaska...

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      4. Anne Applebaum‏Verified account @anneapplebaum Feb 21

        ...and we are not too far behind North and South Dakota. Even Delaware, the state that produced the current president—a state whose legitimacy no one questions—has only 270,000 more voters than Washington, D.C.

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      5. Anne Applebaum‏Verified account @anneapplebaum Feb 21

        And no, we should not be part of Maryland or Virginia. We have a separate and distinct history and different politics. Might as well say "why not unite Virginia and West Virginia" - same thing

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      1. Ian Simpson‏ @ian_simpson80 Feb 21
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        Shameful!

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      2. Wash Cycle‏ @Wash_cycle Feb 21
        Replying to @JustAFactsMan @anneapplebaum

        We’ve always had an idea of a minimum population for statehood. Baker Island is clearly below that and DC is clearly above.

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      2. JT Grimshaw‏ @J30607610 Feb 21
        Replying to @anneapplebaum @MCBazacoPhD

        You're not a state. Didn't anybody tell you?

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      3. Oregon Daisy‏ @da1sy38 Feb 21
        Replying to @J30607610 @anneapplebaum @MCBazacoPhD

        I’ve lived in all 3 and each have their own characteristics

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      2. royjonestheking‏ @royjonestheking Feb 21
        Replying to @anneapplebaum

        Sad fact is that DC statehood will gain more steam once DC is unambiguously a predominantly white city with a white mayor. Whites are gentrifying DC, but they are 15 years away from total control. White supremacy is as American as apple pie

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      3. Wendell "fully vaxxed" Albright‏ @WendellAlbright Feb 21
        Replying to @royjonestheking @anneapplebaum

        I hate that that's a factor, but... that's a factor.

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