Posted on 07/25/2019 11:06:56 PM PDT by knighthawk
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., expressed support for the "decolonization process" of Puerto Rico following the announced resignation of its embattled governor, Ricardo Rosselló.
In an Instagram livestream on Thursday night, Ocasio-Cortez took questions from her followers. The first asked how she felt about what's happening in Puerto Rico.
"First of all, I am so incredibly proud of everyone in Puerto Rico right now demanding accountability from their government," Ocasio-Cortez began. "They were so relentlessly creative in their protest that they were able to get the governor to finally resign as well as some of his cabinet members."
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Wow. hell of a typo. Meant to say "Eating their debt"
Well, it’s not a state, is it? When Hawaii was admitted, the terms of the plebiscite made clear that statehood was irrevocable. It also required a 90% super-duper majority to pass.
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