Well, well, well.
Now they they are in an economic crisis due to debt, and want the free handouts to continue, they vote for statehood.
In the last few years, Puerto Rico told the US military to take a flying leap off a short pier.
Loyalty is a two way street.
Get lost Puerto Rico.
That’s just what we need two more permanent Democrat senators. Unfortunately there are just enough idiots in the GOP to put the vote in favour of Statehood.
cut these leeches lose forever...
Puerto Rico, with its MASSIVE debt and its citizens’ sense of entitlement should NEVER be made a state. Let them be independent before that’ the sooner the better.
PR, get your house in order then try again. Beggars cannot be choosers.
Grrrrrrr. Do we get to vote for giving them food stamps plus more votes in the senate? Of course not. Pfffttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt!!!!
No statehood for PR. No one invited them. I like PRs. My nieces are half PR. But I am not ready to give two leftist senators to an island that bankrupts itself on a regular basis.
why can’t we just dump them. It is not like many of them would rather speak English, they fly their own flag over here?
The island are a drain on this country/.
Nothing to benefit the nation. Only thing the US tax payers will get is all of PR’s debt. Screw that. Just a democrat-run version of Cuba.
Wonder if the Commurats will support this? /sar
This is crap tactic used in a lot of countries. Boycott a referendum you know you're going to lose, then say it doesn't count because the turnout wasn't [insert arbitrary percentage here].
Total B.S., it’s called voting for a bailout from the US taxpayers!! NO WAY!!!!
If we weren’t burdened with RINOscum the proper course for the US Congress to take would be to ensure that Puerto Rico becomes an independent nation asap, so it could take responsibility for itself and not leach off the US taxpayers as much as PR does already. Of course, I know that with Demoncraps + RINOs there is exactly zero chance that PR will be forced to take the independence route, but they must not be allowed to become a state!!
We shouldn’t give them statehood. We should eject them from American sovereignty.
We don’t need a Caribbean California, no thanks.
Let PR join the EU.
Surely our good congress will vote to buy an insolvent company and acquire their debt.
Isn’t that what businesses do?
Statehood. Not exactly, but how about you become your own state - the country of puerto rico! Other Caribbean islands have done it, you can too!
I like the suggestion an FR poster (name forgotten, sadly) made a while ago: “If we apologize for the Spanish-American War, can we give Puerto Rico back?” :)
Why don’t we Americans get to vote?
Sorry Amigos. But that train left the station years ago.