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Island Puerto Ricans differ in many ways from mainland Puerto Ricans, but especially in politics. The facts are:

Puerto Rico Governor: Conservative Republican, devout Roman catholic
Puerto Rico Senate President: Conservative Republican (as is most of his caucus), Evangelical Christian
Puerto Rico House Speaker: Conservative Republican (as is most of her caucus)
Mayors of the two largest cities: Conservative Republicans

From the article:

“Many Republicans suspect that congressional Democrats support statehood for the same reason they want to pretend that the District of Columbia is a state — to get two more senators (and in Puerto Rico’s case, perhaps six members of Congress). Such Republicans mistakenly assume that the island’s population of 4 million has the same Democratic disposition as the 4.2 million Puerto Ricans in the Bronx and elsewhere on the mainland”

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Go ahead. Use the Catholic angle.

Tucson bishop: Illegal immigrants should learn English, ‘get in the back of the line’

Don't be fooled by the headline.

His statement to the House could be right out of
La Raza or any other open borders crowd.

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Voting against looting your next door neighbors is different than voting against looting the distant rich Uncle Sam.