John Oliver Takes Up the Cause of the People of DC in Song

Last night on Last Week Tonight, John Oliver explained to America the D.C. Problem.  That’s the odd twist of events where people who live in our nations capital have the least say in government out of anyone in the country, because they’re not a state.  For 17 hard hitting, well researched minutes, John Oliver explains the problem, and the potential solutions.  Enjoy it.  Listen to it.  Learn from it.  Or just skip to 15:15, where John rounds up a bunch of kids to explain it all in a nice tidy two minute song.  Did those kids say asshole?

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