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The Great Republican Political Strategy of Insult Puerto Rico for Some Reason (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] LavenderDay3544@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

But... PR is part of the US and is a wonderful place full of kind people.

Yes, and ones who don't vote for these losers. That's what's got them butthurt. And the fact that they're a majority Hispanic place where everyone born there is automatically a U.S. citizen. I'm sure that also makes them seethe.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The main reason PR isn't a state is because Republicans are scared of how brown people would vote... and to a much greater extent, brown people in general.

[–] LavenderDay3544@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well Puerto Ricans are also of mixed opinions on whether they would even want to be a US state.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 0 points 2 years ago

Everyone is of mixed opinions about everything, if they don't want to be a state they can be an independent nation with visa and passport rights.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Yes, and ones who don't vote for these losers. That's what's got them butthurt.

Puerto Ricans don't vote for anybody. They don't have representation in Congress, and they have zero electoral votes because they aren't a state.

So, no, they're just butthurt because of racism, and Puerto Rico can't do anything about it because they don't have any representation.

[–] LavenderDay3544@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

They do if they move to any of the 50 states.