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The Mayor wants use the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial dedication as a platform for arguing state rights for the District. What's up with that?

"I'm not sure I see the connection between Martin Luther King and states rights. In my mind Martin Luther King was very much about the federal government being fair to everyone. States rights are about imposing rules on some."

Sun King Davis, actor, Southwest

The Mayor wants use the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial dedication as a platform for arguing state rights for the District. What's up with that? "I'm not sure I see the connection between Martin Luther King and states rights. In my mind Martin Luther King was very much about the federal government being fair to everyone. States rights are about imposing rules on some." Sun King Davis, actor, Southwest

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