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[-] qooqie@lemmy.world 19 points 11 hours ago

I honestly don’t think this would ever get support. Puerto Rico is very republican last I checked so dems aren’t exactly incentivized to vote it in. And republicans don’t want it because that would be fair treatment to a minority so

[-] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 43 points 10 hours ago

I’m more interested in PR having representation then how it affects my own opinions.

[-] qooqie@lemmy.world 12 points 9 hours ago

Yeah I agree, I meant more the actual lawmakers aren’t terribly incentivized

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 5 points 10 hours ago

If they have enough people for four representatives, then if they stay a territory they ought to get more than the single delegate they have in the House. I don't even care if that would add more siding with Republicans, they deserve more than they have.

[-] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 17 points 10 hours ago

Irony of the situation that the same Republican Party hates Puerto Ricans so much. I hope PR folks understand that when repubes say migrants are rapists, druggists, and murderers they also mean you - even though you’re not migrants - MAGA doesn’t give a fuck to the fact that you’re citizens.

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 9 hours ago

"No no no....he's talking about Haitians, those savages.

We Puerto Ricans are the exemption. We're special."

[-] Slab_Bulkhead@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

first they came for the LGBTQ and we said nothing for we were not them, then they came for the couch cushions and we laughed... wait.

[-] Cuttlefish1111@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

Cubans who came here legally are the exception.

[-] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago

Which is why, like in all past state additions, you do it in a way that is balanced based on contemporary divides, like slave vs free states. Puerto Rico and DC at the same time.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

I don't think "very republican" is accurate but definitely not as left leaning as Dems like to believe. There is a deep seeded mistrust of government while at the same time high expectations of benefits from the government. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ So the bottom line is that you just can't tell which way they would go and that's not a gamble either party wants to take.

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