Mayor Believes Biden Will Support D.C. Statehood Harold Fisher November 10, 2020 at 1:28 pm in Election 2020, NEWS Tweet (Washington, DC) — Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser believes President-elect Joe Biden will support statehood for the District of Columbia. Bowser said she was optimistic that Biden will support statehood for D.C., adding she believes the President-elect will work toward reversing many of President Trump’s immigration policies that the mayor said were devastating for so many people. The mayor said she expected “the Biden-Harris administration will not only stop those devastating policies, but will work to constructively replace them with humane policies.” Tags: DC Statehood, Muriel Bowser, President-elect Joe Biden