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Puerto Rico governor: 'We need to solve the century-old problem of colonialism'
CNN ^ | September 16, 2018 | Clare Foran

Posted on 09/17/2018 6:55:31 AM PDT by C19fan

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló argued Saturday that residents of the US territory are treated like "second-class citizens" and said "we need to solve the century-old problem of colonialism in Puerto Rico."

In addition to calling for more resources to help rebuild after Hurricane Maria, the governor told CNN's S.E. Cupp, "there's another thing we need: We need to solve the century-old problem of colonialism in Puerto Rico. The truth of the matter is ... we are treated as second-class citizens." During an interview on "S.E. Cupp Unfiltered," Rosselló, a member of the New Progressive Party, which seeks Puerto Rico statehood, said that all US lawmakers should be able to answer the question, "Do you support the notion that the United States, being the standard-bearer of democracy, should have more than 3 million of its citizens disenfranchised from voting or having representation?"

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism
KEYWORDS: puerto; puertorico; ricardorossello
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Viva Puerto Rico Libre!!! I support ending the century old "problem". Give Puerto Rico its independence. By the way several referendum have been held in PR over its status. The status quo of remaining part of the US as a commonwealth has won every time.
1 posted on 09/17/2018 6:55:31 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

By all means- cut them off if they want it- OR let them apply for statehood and require them to pay taxes


2 posted on 09/17/2018 6:56:55 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: C19fan

A state? Please... you are a corrupt mess... and you know it... claiming the US fed is the reason you are a corrupt mess is laughable.


3 posted on 09/17/2018 6:56:58 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: C19fan

Puerto Ricans are second class citizens.

Accept it, or vote yourselves independent.


4 posted on 09/17/2018 6:57:45 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Sessions IS the swamp.)
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To: cll

Ping.


5 posted on 09/17/2018 6:59:07 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: C19fan

Independence for PR!


6 posted on 09/17/2018 6:59:11 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: Mr. K

I have an idea. We celebrate September 17th as Constitution Day. Maybe we could begin immediately to celebrate September 17th, 2018, as Puerto Rico INDEPENDENCE DAY!


7 posted on 09/17/2018 6:59:36 AM PDT by oldplayer
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Cut ‘em loose. There, your century old “problem” is solved. We won’t “interfere” any more. Oh, shut down the military presence there if it even still exists.


8 posted on 09/17/2018 6:59:44 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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Well this guy wants to be a state. I’m all for giving them independence but not statehood. We don’t need 2 more liberal senators and another corrupt state.


9 posted on 09/17/2018 7:00:19 AM PDT by McGavin999 ("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jeffersons)
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Century-old??? Puerto Rico was colonized 400 years ago. There are no native inhabitants left.

Maybe they should quit voting for Democrats.


10 posted on 09/17/2018 7:01:17 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: rktman

Oh, “standard bearer of democracy”? Civics gov, civics.


11 posted on 09/17/2018 7:01:21 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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Begin with correcting the LIE about 3,000 deaths from that storm.

PR was a mess before the storm and the power grid was never sufficient.

12 posted on 09/17/2018 7:01:37 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: C19fan

Cut em loose. They can sink or swim on their own dime.


13 posted on 09/17/2018 7:01:38 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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A U.S. state? God no.

A separate nation state? Fine by me. PR would fit in perfectly with all the other corrupt third world hellholes in the West Indies.


14 posted on 09/17/2018 7:02:19 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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Puerto Rico has always been the poor house of the Caribbean. When the US “won” the Spanish American war and took over this over populated, non productive, culturally alien island, it ingested a poison pill.


15 posted on 09/17/2018 7:02:39 AM PDT by allendale (.)
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To: C19fan

Yep — INDEPENDENCE!


16 posted on 09/17/2018 7:02:51 AM PDT by House Atreides (BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
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PR would just become another Phillipines if they went independent.

All they want is to have their cake and eat it, too. Take and waste the evil American money, all the while trash talking us. They’d be in a hole without us. They know that and that’s why they hate us.


17 posted on 09/17/2018 7:02:55 AM PDT by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
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Independence for Puerto Rico.

Stat


18 posted on 09/17/2018 7:02:58 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: C19fan

Yes, let’s see them be independent. More power to them.


19 posted on 09/17/2018 7:04:20 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Hmmm.)
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To: C19fan

We can solve that for you in about a second.
We’ll just cut you loose and let you run your own country.

I don’t know one American who would object to that.


20 posted on 09/17/2018 7:04:51 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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