Puerto Rico has vaulted into the presidential primary limelight like never before, both as a campaign stop and a campaign issue.Between the well-publicized ravages of Hurricane Maria, loud criticisms of President Trump’s disaster response and the delegate yield from the commonwealth’s primary, Puerto Rico is now something close to a must-stop for Democratic White House hopefuls.
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It sure would be interesting to see Puerto Rico achieve statehood in the future considering it has been asking for it lately (won't happen under the Donald for obvious reasons)- would be interesting to see how many electoral votes the commonwealth would get, if it became a state.
POTUS VP Day17TrumpFakeEmergency Why has Trump refused to meet with PuertoRico Governor for continued disaster relief? – Still waiting 18 months after Hurricane Maria! Day773TrumpAdministration SpeakerPelosi SenSchumer senatemajldr
Why, it was Obama fault for not updating the electrical grid , he was told they could be out for yrs
We don’t need their statehood and they don’t want it!
Good, it's about time!!!
My Man! Castro, do the damn thing!!!!!
I hope people never forget the negligent malicious way Trump treated Puerto Rico. Thousands died without aid. This is an America territory and, think about it, thousands died without aid. Remember this in 2020 and vote DEM.
It has always been a campaign stop for both parties to get money, and then after the campaign is over, they forget it exist.... happy that it will be an issue
Well good thing BernieSanders has the support of CarmenYulinCruz!
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