save traditional democrats from having to explain away this nutty measure by the d.c. city council that would have removed penalties on some crimes and dramatically lessened them on a wide range of them. smart on his part and they don t want this issue back in their face in 2024 any more than it s already going to be. john: he seemed to try to have it both ways when he tweeted about it. said i support d.c. statehood and home rule but don t support some of the changes d.c. council put forward over the objections, such as lowering penalties for carjackings. alexandria ocasio-cortez took that and ran, said this ain t it, d.c. has a right to govern itself. if the president supports d.c. statehood he should govern like it. plenty of places pass laws the president may disagree with, he should respect as he does elsewhere. the situation in d.c. is unique in that there are not other