Jamie Raskin invites DC to rejoin Maryland to save the city from the ‘thumb of MAGA colonialism’

Published March 12, 2025 1:14pm ET



As President Donald Trump continues to make threats about further involving his administration in local affairs, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) has proposed that the District of Columbia retrocede into Maryland.

District officials have argued for statehood for decades, with lobbying reaching a fever pitch during the last Trump administration despite the GOP’s heavy resistance to such an action. Raskin has a different idea for how the district’s residents can get voting representation in the Senate and House of Representatives.

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