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Not wasting any time are they?
1 posted on 03/07/2021 11:52:14 AM PST by RandFan
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Doesn’t statehood have to be approved by the states, or can it be done unilaterally by Congress?


2 posted on 03/07/2021 11:54:03 AM PST by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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“Not wasting any time are they?”

They are really scared of something.


3 posted on 03/07/2021 11:56:13 AM PST by dljordan (Slouching towards Woketopia)
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Yeah, what have they done for us? Not much lately... other than exporting baby mamas!


4 posted on 03/07/2021 11:56:37 AM PST by W. (Autocorrect must die! How do I kill it?!)
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Not wasting any time are they?

Next up: DC, Guam.

5 posted on 03/07/2021 11:57:42 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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I thought PR has said that they don’t want statehood


6 posted on 03/07/2021 11:58:53 AM PST by Pollard (Bunch of curmudgeons)
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wouldn’t be a problem if the boycotters hadn’t given the senate away.


9 posted on 03/07/2021 12:01:29 PM PST by JohnBrowdie
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Puerto Rican statehood is a bad idea. The better proposal is to just give the island independence.


10 posted on 03/07/2021 12:02:15 PM PST by River Hawk
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I wish we could give Puerto Rico back to Spain, but Spain does not want it. We never should have invaded that sh*t hole in the first place. It reminds me of Iraq.


11 posted on 03/07/2021 12:02:26 PM PST by forgotten man
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Schumer already said he opposes Puerto Rican statehood. This has zero chance. There is no need to get riled up over every little no-hoper bill the progressive wing of the House Democratic caucus files.
14 posted on 03/07/2021 12:05:51 PM PST by Trump20162020
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It is likely that would actually lean Republican.

Jenniffer González-Colón (New Progressive Party) is the U.S. House Resident Commissioner. She assumed office on January 3, 2017. Her current term ends on January 3, 2023.

González-Colón (New Progressive Party) ran for re-election for U.S. House Resident Commissioner. She won in the general election on November 3, 2020.

The delegate is also called the resident commissioner. The resident commissioner seat from Puerto Rico is a 4-year term. The position is a non-voting member of the United States House of Representatives. Gonzalez-Colon is the first female resident commissioner.

According to her US House biography, Gonzalez-Colon is a “lifelong Republican and activist for Puerto Rican statehood.” Gonzalez-Colon was previously the chairwoman of the Republican Party of Puerto Rico.

The new governor is also a member of the New Progressive Party.

Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia (New Progressive Party) is the Governor of Puerto Rico. He assumed office on January 2, 2021. His current term ends on January 2, 2025.

He defeated the incumbent governor, Wanda Vázquez Garced in a primary with 57% of the vote and then won 33% in a 6 candidate race.


18 posted on 03/07/2021 12:07:46 PM PST by Steven Scharf
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HR 1522 was from the last Congress and had nothing to do with Puerto Rican Statehood.

In the current Congress, there is no HR 1522.

The original post is B.S. and people on here need to do a validity check before knee-jerk reacting to everything.

28 posted on 03/07/2021 12:18:16 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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I was going to say it took this long and that shows racism and bias against Puerto Rican people. Some reparations on the way? All this time and the bill wasn’t even introduced yet?


30 posted on 03/07/2021 12:23:51 PM PST by frank ballenger (End vote fraud, harvesting,non-citizen votingop & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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Gotta keep those ballot Boxes stuffed full of useful idiot votes and pack the house and senate with progressives

Leftists never let up and hunger for control / conservatives just want to live in peace

40 posted on 03/07/2021 12:30:45 PM PST by KTM rider (Expatriated at home by no choice of my own)
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1. PR says they don’t want to be a state.
2. The Senate will never approve.


41 posted on 03/07/2021 12:31:26 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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I've read that PR has had several referendums (referenda?) in recent years on independence vs statehood. The three options were independence,statehood,or Commonwealth status (the current setup there).

IIRC “Commonwealth” won by a wide margin each time.

45 posted on 03/07/2021 12:33:58 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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The Democrat Party most be worried about some Democrat Senators defecting to the Republican party. Got to create a bunch of new States.


48 posted on 03/07/2021 12:35:46 PM PST by ReformedBeckite (1 of 3 I'm only allowing my self each day)
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Violates international law. The UN considers Puerto Rico non-self-governing territory. They must be given opportunity for independence.


52 posted on 03/07/2021 12:39:55 PM PST by kaehurowing
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Hmmmm, they are going to annex Puerto Rico?

Can The Sudetenland be far behind?


56 posted on 03/07/2021 12:42:35 PM PST by null and void (The media decides what news you can see and NOT SEE. But don't you dare call 'em Not-Sees)
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Dear ‘Rats:

Sell it back to Spain.

You can thank me later.

5.56mm


70 posted on 03/07/2021 12:52:21 PM PST by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho ain't my president.)
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I fully agree with Puerto Rican statehood, but I do not agree in any way with stomping on what the founding fathers intended by making Washington DC a state. It was intended that the nation’s capitol would be kept solvent and not given state status, and I think it should stay that way.


79 posted on 03/07/2021 1:05:12 PM PST by maxwellsmart_agent
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