How about Puerto Rican independence?
DC and Puerto Rico NEVER approve of becoming a state.
Why do we need to absorb a whiny failed bunch of non-doers? We need Puerto Rican statehood like we need a dead albatross around our neck.
I think it would be great to have PR as a state.
It’s only done well under Republican governors, although it’s going to be a fight to get one elected again because the NYC government unions control everything there.
But I think Puerto Ricans are getting sick of the corruption and state of neglect impelled by their Dem governors, especially as revealed in the last hurricanes.
Puerto Ricans are very entrepreneurial and industrious, and they’re being held back by a combination of separatists and the Democratic Party, which is made easier by the fact that they are not a state but sort of in limbo.
Not until affirmative-action preferences that give an advantage of all PR residents over most other Americans are abolished.
Statehood for PR should only be considered when PR can support itself. < whisper > That ain’t gonna happen.</whisper>
I’m not down with any tinkering for political purposes. But if we’re going to create states, let’s start by decoupling eastern Washington from the tyranny of Olympia.
If they want to be part of the US, make them a part of New York.
Never never never.
Hawaii was a mistake. PR would be immeasurably worse.
And so what if they want it? It’s not up to them, it’s up to us.
No DC statehood EVER! It’s in the constitution and would require a constitutional amendment to change that.
NEVER gonna happen.
PR should be a state. They are Americans by birth and voted for statehood in higher proportions than either Alaska or Hawaii.
Claims they would be perpetual Dem votes in the Senate or House are not based on fact. Not sure what they are based on.
Could Puerto Rico want our money? They’re not exactly a first rate country.
Puerto Rico 43.1% poverty rate nuff said
Times change. If Hawaii were still a territory today, it's possible that they wouldn't want to become a state.
But it's not just Hawaii. The world trend is against meganations and empires.
Exactly how would PR statehood benefit the US?
I am not in favor of statehood for either.
But if the people of Puerto Rico vote for statehood, we kind of owe it to them. Maybe it should be an “either or” deal. Either they become a state or they become a independent country.
As for DC, if they want ‘statehood’ hand the relevant areas back to Virginia and Maryland.
IN any case, each of those represent two more Democrat Senators.
So far, every time Puerto Rico has had a referendum (there have been at least five), a majority have said that they do not want to become a state. The only exception was the 2017 referendum, which 80% of the voters boycotted to protest the never-ending referendums and the pro-statehood administration’s use of public funds to subsidize the pro-statehood vote.
I think it’s a little more complicated than this. First, the GOP is not actually the main party affiliation of these women. They belong to the Nee Progressive Party. They are also affiliated with the GOP but the name of the GOP does not appear on the ballot. In addition, one of these ladies was a Democrat until very recently. She switched when the Dem Party became a pariah in Puerto Rico after the hurricane.
I am not saying that the GOP could not win PR, but it wouldn’t be easy.
No thanks. The Flag would look too weird.