Posted on 01/07/2025 3:10:01 PM PST by Valpal1
Many politicians and pundits have offered their analysis of Republicans’ sweeping election victory, but only a few have adequately recognized the significance of Puerto Ricans’ support for President Trump and what it could mean for the future of the island.
Speaking on Fox News the day after the election, former Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus pointed out that President Trump “won in Puerto Rican communities in Florida” and said, “This idea that Puerto Rico is just a bunch of Democrats is totally false, and Donald Trump won that in the Puerto Rican community.” He’s exactly right, and his comments show why statehood for Puerto Rico should be a Republican priority.
Trump made significant electoral gains among Puerto Ricans stateside. Take Trump’s victories in places like Berks County, Penn., home to a significant Puerto Rican population, and Osceola County, Fla., where one of the nation’s largest Puerto Rican communities swung 15 points in Trump’s favor. These huge victories underscore the broader trend of Latinos leaning Republican, a trend driven largely by Puerto Ricans.
The island of Puerto Rico and Puerto Rican voters stateside strongly support President Trump and the Republican Party. Puerto Rico recently elected Jenniffer González-Colón as governor – a lifelong Republican and staunch Trump ally. Colón’s party, the New Progressive Party, elected Republicans as speaker and senate president of the state house in Puerto Rico, and Puerto Rico’s shadow senator, Zoraida Buxó Santiago, is a Republican and a Trump supporter.
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For conservatives, Puerto Rico statehood represents a rare opportunity to welcome those who have proven their commitment to American principles. One of the Republicans’ heroes, Ronald Reagan, pledged his support for Puerto Rico statehood because he saw a people who desired freedom and prosperity. Today, leaders like Senator Rick Scott of Florida – a state with a robust Puerto Rican population – should work alongside President Trump to complete Reagan’s vision. With Mitch McConnell, a fervently anti-statehood senator, stepping down as Senate majority leader, Rick Scott could emerge as a key voice in the Trump movement advancing Puerto Rico statehood.
Supporting statehood would not only help Republicans electorally, but it would also fulfill the broader mandate that the American people have entrusted to the Republican Party. That mandate includes improving economic opportunities for all Americans. According to the New York Federal Reserve, Puerto Rico boasts “a strong – and potentially a highly competitive – economy.” Evidence shows that integrating Puerto Rico into the Union would bolster the U.S. economy and provide more opportunities for all Americans.
Importantly, statehood for Puerto Rico doesn’t need to be coupled with D.C. statehood – a point of apprehension for some Republicans who view the issues as inseparable. The Constitution delegates to Congress the authority to establish a district, not a state, as a neutral location for the national government to convene. Making D.C. a state would, therefore, involve a constitutional amendment, whereas making Puerto Rico a state could be done with a simple act of Congress.
If RCP wants it, you know it isn’t good for Republicans.
Puerto Rico’s independence should be a Republican priority.
10 Provinces in Canada
Greenland
Puerto Rico
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Hell no. In fact we should even get rid of Hawaii, while we’re at it.
This is like playing Russian roulette with three bullets in the chamber.
I think I will pass.
Hint: There is a history of stunning scandals in Puerto Rico. The elites there are amazing at stealing federal money.
It would probably be a net win if we gave them to Cuba.
Sadly true.
Bad idea. PRicans that live on the island are effing brainwashed. Its only when they spend some time in the states that they realize they can vote anything else but democrap and they do. If allowed in, it would immediately become the poorest state and would not be even a close 2nd. A GOP must be established there first and win elections.
He’s lost his mind. Not only would it be 2 Senate seats that will always vote Dim, but the cash outflow would simply increase over time.
Bill and Hillary freed the Puerto Rican radical Fraunces Tavern assassins to cement Hillary’s Senate (and Presidential) aspirations. Let the dims own it.
Trump will not be the next republican presidential candidate, then what will P.R. do as far as voting, yep Democratic.
Give Puerto Rico back to Spain.
Right after Canada, Greenland and Panama.
“ If RCP wants it, you know it isn’t good for Republicans.”
Yep, the last thing we need is another blue state full of parasites.
We only want THREE from Canada. Saskatchewan, Alberta, and some of BC. Well, maybe the Yukon and NW Territories.
Yes, let’s add 2 Democrat senators from Puerto Rico, 2 from .Canada and 2 from Greenland.
Not so fast..
Puerto Rico is a third world democrat stronghold. Republican affiliated parties get less than half the vote over the last 3 elections.
Not a good idea and it never has been. At this time isolationism is needed in order to clean out the graft and pure unadulterated corruption and evil out of our government.
Clearly, we need a Puerto Rican Day parade and we can drive the Saab factory up and down the street until it gets stuck in traffic. Just don’t try to cross the street and come up through the bleachers. That never works.
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