Rossello Jr. may be a rat by he was preferable choice in the PNP primary (the other was Pierluisi) and he ran with Gonzalez (R) who crushed the rat option (running mate of Pierluisi) in her primary.
I can only support statehood if careful study determines the state would be competitive. Can’t just hand the rats 2 Senate seats. The key, I think, would be the % of PPD voters that might vote Republican. I’ve been led to believe this # would be significantly higher than zero. I’ve heard everything from “it would vote similar to Louisiana (this was before the recent strong GOP trend there) to “it would be the least Republican state”. The fact is we just don’t know, and I for one would need to know.
I’d also mandate increased use of the English language.
Also there oughta be a clear up/down referendum on the question of statehood, the previous referendum was a joke, the will of the people regarding statehood is not clear.
Since the US Virgin Islands are so close, why not include them in the new State?