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[Text 'JOIN' to 41044]( [Text 'JOIN' to 41044](ckq.io/xlyq3f) This is a long but important email about H.R.51 – the critical bill that would grant D.C. statehood. [Please read the entire email from start to finish and then donate to pressure Congress to pass the bill to make Washington D.C. a state.]( York&state=NY&zip=10016) [DONATE $5 ➞]( York&state=NY&zip=10016) 318,631 That’s how many Black people live in Washington, D.C. 0 That’s how many voting members of Congress D.C. has. To me, this is personal. I watched in horror as our mayor was not able to deploy the D.C. National Guard to the Capitol on January 6, 2021 during the insurrection, because the President controls the D.C. National Guard. I watched in horror as President Trump deployed thousands of federal law enforcement officers and National Guard troops in downtown D.C. against residents engaging in constitutionally protected protests. And I refuse to let this cycle continue. There are more than 700,000 Americans in our nation’s capital. 63% of whom are people of color. And 45% of that population are Black. Denying D.C.’s residents equal participation and representation in Congress is a mass disenfranchisement of Americans disproportionately targeting Black and brown citizens. But if D.C. Statehood passed, Democrats would not only gain two seats – but they could gain two Black Senators. [If you want two more Democratic Senators in the U.S. Senate, I need your help. Can you rush $5 to pressure the Senate to pass D.C. Statehood? If you’re still hesitant, keep reading:]( York&state=NY&zip=10016) [DONATE $5 ➞]( York&state=NY&zip=10016) 45% Nearly half of the population of Washington, D.C. is made up of Black people. If H.R.51 passed, Democrats would not only gain two seats – but they could gain two Black Senators. If H.R.51 passed, Democrats would not only gain one more Representative – but they could gain a Black representative. D.C. Statehood could give Democrats two Black Representatives. It would allow those Black Senators and the state’s representatives to allocate funding appropriately in the city. Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema stabbed Democrats in the back and sided with Mitch McConnell multiple times. But if Washington D.C. became a state, Democrats wouldn’t have to depend on traitors like Manchin and Sinema. [If you care about electing Black Democrats, can you rush $5 to pressure the Senate to pass D.C. Statehood? If you’re STILL hesitant, keep reading:]( York&state=NY&zip=10016) [DONATE $5 ➞]( York&state=NY&zip=10016) 30,000 That’s how many veterans live in Washington, D.C. 0 That’s how many veterans have voting representation in Congress. They defended our democracy through military service. They have fought and died in every American war since the Revolutionary War. 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