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Alternative Fact...
Washington, D.C. residents paid more taxes than residents of 22 states. in 2015. It has a larger population than two states.
Yet its residents have no voting representation in Congress, and local Washington, D.C. laws can be overturned by Congress.
For more, see our discussion of Washington, D.C. statehood.