D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser joined congressional leadership in a press conference Thursday, one day ahead of the House of Representative’s vote on D.C. statehood. “We know that everyone all across the United States now knows and recognizes the plight of Washington, D.C.,” Bowser said Thursday. PELOSI SAYS DC STATEHOOD BILL WOULD RIGHT A 'GRAVE INJUSTICE'The White House has already announced they would use veto powers should the bill actually make it to the president’s desk. D.C. statehood legislation hasn’t been voted on since 1993 but gained traction during the Black Lives Matter demonstrations that disbursed throughout the nation’s capitol, when President Trump attempted to use military personnel to quash the protests. “[I was] born here without a vote, but I swear I will not die here without a vote.”

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