Posted on 11/07/2015 3:21:16 PM PST by GIdget2004
Ben Carson will endorse statehood for Puerto Rico tomorrow at an event with Ricky Rosello, a gubernatorial candidate for the pro-statehood party on the island, according to a source close to Rosello's campaign.
The source said the condition for Carson speaking at the event was that he come out for statehood. A request for comment from Carson's campaign on the endorsement was not immediately returned.
The issue of statehood for Puerto Rico, a commonwealth of the United States, does not neatly breakdown along traditional Democrat and Republican lines on the island, which is also dealing with a financial and health care crisis.
Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio have previously said they support statehood if Puerto Ricans vote for it. Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush have endorsed bankruptcy protections for the island, but Rubio does not.
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With all due respect to the citizens of Puerto Rico, I would not be surprised if they are as clueless about the federal governments constitutionally limited powers as evidently most US citizens are.
So if he does endorse statehood for Puerto Rico, constitutionally low-information Dr. Carson is inadvertently planning to make the corrupt, post-17th Amendment Senate even more corrupt imo.
Oh Lord how true.
Trump is in favor of DC statehood.
Don’t worry. No matter what he does or says, there are legions of republicans infected with that noxious disease known as White Guilt, and they’ll continue to gush, praise and prostrate themselves at his feet.
Well....THAT is a reason to make Carson unacceptable to me.
Statehood? Statehood? What a piker! I advocate complete 100% independence. Puerto Rico can then run their little place anyway they want without the interference or assistance of the USA.
Oldplayer.
OH, rofl..............
I believe he's a secret Dem...
Trump is in favor of DC statehood.
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I’m in favor of DC statehood also...IF, AND ONLY IF, it entailed DC becoming part of Maryland.
Who gives this zero-qualifications amnesty-shill money?
PR is a democrat controlled state. Official Statehood will add to the other 12 solid blue states.
Independence is a better alternative.
So am I. It’s ridiculous that they can’t vote.
I say we negotiate with Chinese to sell them our rights to Puerto Rico and let it become *their* problem.
Would Spain take it back? (as-is, no warranty)
Ben is done;
but he has made important contributions.
We need to make sure his followers get out and vote for Ted Cruz next November.
Puerto Rico will be bankrupt as a state maybe even tip over and sink,,,,
We don’t need two more Democratic Senators.
Ooops, it’s Freep You Ben Carson (FUBC). And oops again. In this biased media environment, it should’ve been prefaced with ITT (if true then), ie, ITTFUBC!!.
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