For me, FRiend, this entire bill blitz is a head scratcher. For example, there are people claiming that the democrats made a mistake to attempt this bill, that Puerto Rico is conservative. I’ve seen no polls to that affect, although their president seems to be conservative. I’m suspicious regardless.
Democrats are idiots in a lot of ways, but not when they calculate things like this.
Poor nonwhite peoples who speak Spanish do NOT support GOP candidates. A slight majority of PR received the WIC card and are dependent on the Commonwealth for employment (directly or indirectly). PR politics is a world onto itself, and should not be thought of as "conservative" in the sense of Anglo constitutionalist self-reliance.
I don't see why someone who opposes DC statehood and the continued invasion from south of our border would support PR statehood.
That sounds reasonable.