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Attacking Puerto Rico Statehood is the Wrong Approach for Republicans
Townhall.com ^
| December 18. 2020
| Jesse Grady
Posted on 12/19/2020 6:42:36 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin
PR can become a state if we can create the state of Jefferson from CA, OR and WA. DC can become a state (or at least have voting representation in Congress) if TX is allowed to split into 2 (Or Southern Illinois becomes its own state). Deal???
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posted on
12/19/2020 7:08:29 AM PST
by
Thunder90
(All posts soley represent my own opinion.)
To: Meatspace
Don’t you eat baked potato and a salad with your steak? What kind of person are you to deny them a baked potato and the salad?
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posted on
12/19/2020 7:12:04 AM PST
by
Kaslin
(Joe Biden will never be my President, and neither will Kamala Harris)
To: Kaslin
Ya, Keeping Trump in the WH and winning the 2 GA Senate seats IS THE RIGHT APPROACH!!!!
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posted on
12/19/2020 7:28:32 AM PST
by
G Larry
(Authority is vested in those to whom it applies.)
To: Kaslin
Ya, Keeping Trump in the WH and winning the 2 GA Senate seats IS THE RIGHT APPROACH!!!!
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posted on
12/19/2020 7:28:32 AM PST
by
G Larry
(Authority is vested in those to whom it applies.)
To: Reno89519
My native language is German, I do read, speak and write in English. Now if you ask me to translate for example a speech professionally from German to English or visa verse I would not be able to do it, as I am not a professional Interpreter, or Dolmetcher, which is the German word for Interpreter.
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posted on
12/19/2020 7:33:21 AM PST
by
Kaslin
(Joe Biden will never be my President, and neither will Kamala Harris)
To: Kaslin
Adding Puerto Rico as the 51st state it’s nothing more than a demon rat ploy to get two more Senators and representatives.
To: Salman
IIRC, George W Bush was real big on Puerto Rico statehood, but I don’t remember why.???
???
Ford was big ion it too as I remember.
Something else to be remembered by I suppose
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posted on
12/19/2020 7:48:47 AM PST
by
South Dakota
(This is what I do. I drink and I know things)
To: Kaslin
The Democrats want more electoral votes from Puerto Rico. They also want to add Washington D.C. as a state.
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posted on
12/19/2020 7:54:50 AM PST
by
familyop
To: Kaslin
We need to be subtracting States, not adding them.
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posted on
12/19/2020 7:59:07 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
Getting rid of Kalifornia New York, Virginia and Illinois would be a good start.
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posted on
12/19/2020 8:17:51 AM PST
by
Kaslin
(Joe Biden will never be my President, and neither will Kamala Harris)
To: SharpRightTurn
Amen. Back when Pres Ford offered it to them they refused. Statehood to PR is akin to offering a welfare recipient a job.
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posted on
12/19/2020 8:26:07 AM PST
by
Semper Vigilantis
(FYI: People SUCCEED, States SECEDE.)
To: Thunder90
I agree. Use that as a deal. I think Jefferson should be all NoCal. Everything thats north of Sacramento and San Francisco. That’s big enough.
To: Thunder90
Isn’t Carbondale full of hippies?
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posted on
12/19/2020 8:41:05 AM PST
by
Lisbon1940
(No full-term Governors (at the time of election))
To: Kaslin
Yeah thanks for the advice, Democrats.
We’re sure you only have our best interests at heart
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posted on
12/19/2020 8:42:59 AM PST
by
Mr. K
(No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
To: Kaslin
The people of Puerto Rico have repeatedly rejected statehood. Past history has shown that statehood come with the people of the territory voting for statehood and then petitioning the Congress to become a state.
Thus my question is: Can the Senate make Puerto Rico a state of the union against its people’s wishes?
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posted on
12/19/2020 10:51:18 AM PST
by
GreyFriar
(Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
To: GreyFriar
If you read the story or do some simple research, you’ll learn that Puerto Rico has voted FOR statehood the last three times it’s been tried, the most recent being last month.
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posted on
12/19/2020 1:39:12 PM PST
by
cll
(Serviam!)
To: Kaslin
Puerto Rico’s current status relegates its residents to second class citizenship - born Americans but without the full rights available to those on the mainland. LOL This gringo feels the same way.
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posted on
12/19/2020 2:03:28 PM PST
by
usurper
( version )
To: rigelkentaurus
I would like to have a vote to make PR become independent.Yes!
IIRC they drove a Navy base off the island.
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posted on
12/19/2020 3:44:28 PM PST
by
Vinnie
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