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It seems on many forums that many Democrats are drawing to the blatantly false conclusion that the Republican Party would try to block statehood for Puerto Rico. However, the official 2012 Republican platform explicitly states that they support statehood for Puerto Rico. The Democratic platform does not explicitly mention support for statehood.
So, why is there this general assumption by many Democrats? I presume it is because the Democrats would gain electoral votes, however, due to the fixed limit of 435 seats in the House of Representatives as stated in the U.S. Constitution, some states will have to lose representatives, and most likely the major blue states will probably be the most affected, thus only giving Democrats a net gain of only 2 electoral votes. I highly doubt the Republican Party would by lying in its official platform.
It seems on many forums that many Democrats are drawing to the blatantly false conclusion that the Republican Party would try to block statehood for Puerto Rico. However, the official 2012 Republican platform explicitly states that they support statehood for Puerto Rico. The Democratic platform does not explicitly mention support for statehood.
So, why is there this general assumption by many Democrats? I presume it is because the Democrats would gain electoral votes, however, due to the fixed limit of 435 seats in the House of Representatives as stated in the U.S. Constitution, some states will have to lose representatives, and most likely the major blue states will probably be the most affected, thus only giving Democrats a net gain of only 2 electoral votes. I highly doubt the Republican Party would by lying in its official platform.
The Democrats engage in lies and racial division. Romney campaigned on PR statehood, which I personally think is a bad idea. The island is in a 5 year recession, has a terrible crime problem and is in dire fiscal straits. We're already going to have to bail out failed Democrat states like California and Illinois at some point. Why add another to the list?
Well it's coming out that Puerto Rico is bleeding red with lots of debt and no way to pay it off.
I'm sure that's an influencing factor here and could be one reason why PR wants to become a state.
We support the right of the United States citizens of Puerto Rico to be admitted to the Union as a fully sovereign state after they freely so determine. We recognize that Congress has the final authority to define the constitutionally valid options for Puerto Rico to achieve a permanent non-territorial status with government by consent and full enfranchisement. As long as Puerto Rico is not a state, however, the will of its people regarding their political status should be ascertained by means of a general right of referendum or specific referenda sponsored by the U.S. government.
So you have contradictory statements.
Your point?
What blatantly false conclusions are we drawing?
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