(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Following the recent ballot referendum by Virginia Democrats to gerrymander four Republican-held seats by running them through population-dense Northern Virginia, some want deep-blue Arlington and Alexandria to be returned to Washington, D.C.
An organization called the American Capitol Project was leading the charge to “Make D.C. square again.” It argues that an 1846 “retrocession” allowing Virginia to annex the portion of the District of Columbia south of the Potomac River was unconstitutional.
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