Posted on 01/04/2025 11:40:23 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
U.S. Virgin Islands Delegate Stacey Plaskett protested the nonvoting status of the Virgin Islands and other U.S. territories Friday— sparking mixed reactions after she accused the U.S. in House floor remarks of having a "colonies problem."
Combined, she noted that the delegates excluded represent some four million Americans and what she said was "the largest per capita of veterans in this country."
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The US Virgin Islands have a population of 105,000. The least populous state, Wyoming, has five times as many citizens. The last time a state had under 110,000 on the census was Nevada in 1930. (Nevada was prematurely granted statehood in 1864 in order to help the Republicans in the 1864 election.)
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