At anti-D.C. statehood press conference, Senator Steve Daines (R-Mt.) urges lawmakers to "go out to where the real people are at across the country and ask them where they think."

When you say Washingtonians aren't real people, remember that 46 percent of this city is black.

When you bash D.C. as a government city, you also cannot ignore that the federal government has been a pathway into middle class for African Americans shut out of other industries. Also private sector jobs outnumber government jobs 2-1

. @JulieZauzmer pushes Daines on his comments about "real people" outside of D.C., pointing out its a majority minority city he is deriding.

"I’m just suggesting perhaps a different view outside the city," he responded