Posted on 06/12/2017 5:51:27 AM PDT by rktman
The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico voted for statehood on Sunday, but virtually no one expects them to join the union anytime soon.
Only about 23% of eligible voters turned out for the election, and 97% of them voted for statehood. But opposition parties that favored independence for the island or a maintenance of the political status quo urged their supporters not to participate in what they called a "rigged" election.
CNN:
Congress, the only body that can approve new states, will ultimately decide whether the status of the US commonwealth changes.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
,,,,,, NO THANKS !!!
We got enough problems already .
Sell it to Russia or China and let them deal with the riff-raff.
Not to mention 2 more senators, both automatically dems for the forseeable future
Missed by that much-
Should have struck while dismal zero was in office- exchequer is closed, unless feckless congress approves
No. The USA does not need another failed state to bail out.
Haha.
They are in major financial trouble in large part because they just had to close the US Naval bombing range at Vieques which effectively moved the USN (and probably billions of $$ since) out of PR completely. Now that they are broke they want to have their cake and eat it too.....just my 2 cent.
More guaranteed DemoRat voters and a bunch of added debt is all we will get.
Glad somebody got the bad Hank Johnson reference.
Big No
Ditto that. They’re voting to have their debt go away.
I did think that might be your tact, but I couldn’t be sure. Almost deleted it before I posted it.
How can it become a state? It will lose its certified victim status!
Who wants even more welfare recipients??? Let them become their own country by purchasing puerto rico from us. Never give them any foreign aid of any sort.
I don’t want Puerto Rico to be a state. They can be independent if they please, but there is absolutely no benefit to Americans whatsoever in adding two permanent hard-left Senators to Congress.
NOOOOOO!
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