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"Taxation without representation." Those words are displayed throughout Washington, D.C., on signs, T-shirts, and even license plates to protest the nation's capital lacking statehood.
In fact, Clyde would argue for quite the opposite:"If there comes a time where maybe we should be giving back part of Washington, D.C., to Maryland, then so be it. We don't need that much land to be the city of D.C.," he said."I'd be fine with that." Building on that legislative success, Clyde is now turning to other district laws — this time, targeting a slew of local police reform policies passed in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death at the hands of law enforcement in 2020. Several of those reforms focused on prohibiting the use of neck restraints, increasing access to body camera footage, and revising officer discipline procedures.
“I have a lot of support for it,” he told the Washington Examiner. “I have a lot of Republican support. Folks have come up to me on the House floor and go, ‘Man, thank you for leading on that.’” “I have a philosophy to do what's right because it's the right thing to do,” Clyde said. “When we do the right thing, everybody is better. It positively affects everybody. That’s why I invite the Democrats to join us. You know, the people gave [Republicans] the [House] majority to do what we think is right. And we're doing what we think is right, and, as you saw, a bunch of Democrats have joined us because they agree.
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