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  Dc became a federal district because while it was in another state, Pennsylvania, rioters demanding compensation for their service in the revolution surrounded the Capitol demanding to be paid. The governor refused to send help. The idea of federal land is so one state can’t hold the capitol hostage. No one anticipated the hostage taker would come from inside the building
context: Most US citizens already knew that his supporters were coup coup. >
  
  coup coup for cheeto puffs >
  
  I’d like to read more about how the Jan 6 committee saw the following hypothetical: 
  if DC were a state, with its own governor and National Guard, the response to this whole shit show would have been much quicker and much more thorough.
  Surely addressing this gap in the armor protecting American democracy will be addressed… right?  Surely that’s worth a congressional recommendation for a rainy day.