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BumRushDaShow

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10. "Or she just wanted to make a point"

Reply to Igel (Reply #8)

Sat Jan 4, 2025, 03:30 PM

Saturday

She knows.

Remember that Eleanor Holmes Norton (in addition to demanding D.C. statehood) had made this subject one of her defining battles.

Norton is now 87 and as the only other Democrat (IIRC) among the Delegates (having represented D.C. for almost 35 years), has probably begun to "pass the torch" on to Plaskett, who has been the perfect firebrand to carry on the tradition.

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