The Puerto Rico Admission Act of 2019, which was introduced by Rep. Darren Soto, D-Florida, and Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón, a Republican who represents the island in the House, would grant Puerto Rico equal civil rights and full statehood within 90 days of passage.
Read More"Puerto Rico's colonial status and unsustainable relationship with the federal government has gone on for over a century, even as our citizens have contributed to the growth, culture and social fabric of the United States, and stood shoulder to shoulder with our fellow citizens on battlefields around the globe and under our same flag," Rossello said in the release.
What is in it for us?
I'm for Puerto Rico being the 51st State!
I’m all for it
We don't want that corrupt bankrupt slum hole as a state. They have opposed it for years and now they want American taxpayers to bail them out.
They need to get their Schiff together first.
Bring them in, they are U.S. citizens, they should be allowed to vote.
So there will be no Ms. Puerto Rico in beauty pageants and no PR in Olympics? 🤔🤔🤔
We should sell it to Cuba not make it a State
Cut them loose
CNN prays for 51. As for me, nope. No freckin way.
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