Republican Congresswoman Mace calls Democrats’ D.C. statehood bill ‘ideological terrorism’
During debate on the Washington, D.C., statehood bill on Thursday, South Carolina Republican Rep. Nancy Mace called the legislation “ideological terrorism.” The bill would repeal the 23rd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and redraw the existing boundaries of the nation’s capital to create the “State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth.” The legislation passed in the House following the debate, 216-208, along party lines. …