Bipartisan bill introduced to make Puerto Rico the 51st State

Upi ^ | June 28, 2018

[SMGFan]

June 28 (UPI) -- A bipartisan bill introduced in Congress on Wednesday calls to make Puerto Rico a state by 2021.

The Puerto Rico Admission Act of 2018 was introduced by Republican Rep. Jenniffer González-Colón, a nonvoting members of Congress representing Puerto Rico and co-sponsored by 36 members of Congress, including 22 Republicans and 14 Democrats.

[SMGFan]

This is DOA? There will be no majority in favor of this.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Per capita income alone in PR makes Mississippi look like Connecticut.

[LeoWindhorse]

Number 50 is a nice number

[pepsionice]

There would have to be an internal PR island vote, and I do not see that passing. But if this comes up, why not Guam?

[House Atreides]

Bi-partisan, my ass. As much as I like most Puerto Ricans that I know, I NEVER want Puerto Rico to be a state. It would have LEFTIST ‘RAT SENATORS for all eternity and their Representative(s) would also be ‘RAT(S) for eternity.

And their ELECTORAL VOTES would ALWAYS go to the ‘RAT candidate—ALWAYS!

[jarwulf]

carve out a sensible state off of cali that doesn’t vote for Dims at the same time, problem solved.

[SMGFan]

Many residents left after the hurricane. More residents of Puerto Rico are free to move to the US.

[House Atreides]

Yes, I know. It stands that Puerto Rico should NOT be a state. In this week’s primary, a New York District with a large Puerto Rican populace just voted for a 28 year-old far left Socialist candidate to be their DEMOCRAT candidate for Congress.

I don’t want two similar LEFTISTS added to our Senate clambering for FREE STUFF.

[Fai Mao]

Guam only has 170K population. It does not have enough population

[Jim Noble]

Why is a “nonvoting member of Congress” (whatever that is) introducing legislation?

[SpaceBar]

Just what we need, another gangrenous limb.

[Paladin2]

A larger population would likely make Guam capsize anyway...

[Paladin2]

If we are not going to use PR as an aircraft carrier we should give it back to Spain.

[Altura Ct.]

We don’t need to make them a state.

[Dr. Sivana]

Per capita income alone in PR makes Mississippi look like Connecticut.

I go back to Connecticut every few years, and each time it looks more like Puerto Rico.

[advance_copy]

A “non-voting member of Congress” is a violation of the Constitution of the United States of America. That’s what it is.

[ronnie raygun]

Bipartisan? this is an island full of rat voters with their hands out

[djpg]

Why not just give Puerto Rico independence?

[Bryanw92]

>>Bipartisan?

Yep. The Progressive Globalists of both halves of the UniParty.

[arthurus]

Gotta do something to get the Democrats back in power, at least give them a couple more senators. After P.R we should go for D.C.