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Originally Posted by CatwomanofV
Try telling that to the Repubs in Washington. They believe that if PR were to become a state, that ALL of their reps (House & Senate) will be Dems-which is one of the reasons they don't want PR to become a state. I think if the Repubs in Washington thought that PR would be a solid red state, they would be all for PR becoming a state.
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actually, statehood for Puerto Rico is in the GOP platform since the 70's , I can't say the same about the Democrat party since the JFK days they have been very supportive to the status quo party in Puerto Rico and very supporting of the PPD party. PPD have many allies in the U.S. Congress and Senate and most of them are in the Democrat Party. Ted Kennedy was one before he died. He came personally to Puerto Rico for years to campaign hard for the status quo and candidates running for the PPD party.....when was the last time the PPD party in P.R. endorse any Republican in the U.S.?....do you think that's just coincidence?
Republicans have NEVER rejected a statehood petition of Puerto Rico because it has NEVER been petition properly to Congress of STATEHOOD YES or NO, a straight up or down vote.......what they do reject is any pork attached to any bill dealing with the political process of P.R. status in millions of dollars given to the political parties in the island to "promote" democracy in the island and its more money to the corruption of all political parties in the island......a reason that the PIP (independence party) still exists when they are not more than 3% of the electorate had has never won an election in any public office but they are entitled to U.S. FEDERAL FUNDS to promote "democracy" and promote their ideology....that is what many reject the pork attached to these bills....they also reject the amendments the PPD party petitions thru their Democrats allies in Congress to make the current territorial status have more sovereignty which is against the U.S. CONSTITUTION.
The thing about the Republicans compare to the Democrats, the Republicans like to do anything by the letter of the U.S. CONSTITUTION.....if they see any bill with amendments attached that is in conflict with the U.S. constitution they will have a hard time voting for the bill.
Puerto Rico is not going to become a 1 party state under independence, territory or statehood.....too many politicians in the island that don't get along for many reasons and they can't co-exist in the same party and everybody knows that every time you have a 1 party rule in any place is bad for democracy and good for corruption.
Puerto Rico had already 2 governors that declared themselves as Republicans and many members in the Puerto Rican legislative that have won regional and statewide elections in the island that are Republicans.
To say that Puerto Rico will be a 1 party state its a myth.............the reason a lot of PRO INDEPENDENCE people say that and you repeat it because that's their narrative: the U.S.A is a racist nation especially the Republican Party, they will NEVER NEVER NEVER take Puerto Rico as as State because they will always view us as inferior. The U.S.A is a NEGATIVE imperialist military force that uses Puerto Ricans for war and exploits P.R. for bombing practices because they are a WARMONGER Nation.....that's pretty much their narrative.
Its a negative complex narrative for the sole purpose to make Puerto Ricans resent the U.S.A and demand independence. They have failed to win elections in the island because they have been rejected by 97% of the island so that's the only narrative argument they have.
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