| Sound Familiar? - 1987 |
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October 8, 1987: Del. Walter Fauntroy (D-DC) was sharply criticized by Rep. Stan Parris (R-VA) after saying District residents enjoy fewer rights than citizens of the Soviet Union. Fauntroy made the remark in front of the Soviet Embassy while announcing a noon-to-noon vigil in support of DC statehood legislation. Fauntroy said the ten-year-old Soviet Constitution, unlike its U.S. counterpart, gives full voting representation to the citizens of its capital city. |
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