Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

House Democrats have introduced a bill to give Puerto Rico statehood (H.R. 1522)
Breaking 911 ^ | March 7 | Breaking 911

Posted on 03/07/2021 11:52:14 AM PST by RandFan

@Breaking911

NEW: House Democrats have introduced a bill to give Puerto Rico statehood (H.R. 1522), which would give Democrats two more Senate seats and multiple House seats -Politico


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: articlex; pr; presidentbiden; presidentharris; puertorico; statehood; voterid
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 41-6061-8081-100 ... 241-246 next last
To: dljordan

Statehood for P.R. would be the biggest political mistake of the Century...The DEms will do anything to get a liberal vote. This is one the USA doesn’t want.


61 posted on 03/07/2021 12:44:16 PM PST by chopperk ( )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: dljordan
RandFan ~ Not wasting any time are they?

dljordan ~ They are really scared of something.

Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

62 posted on 03/07/2021 12:45:39 PM PST by null and void (The media decides what news you can see and NOT SEE. But don't you dare call 'em Not-Sees)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: JohnBrowdie

Don’t you mean election fraudsters?


63 posted on 03/07/2021 12:45:48 PM PST by pacificus
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: dljordan

They are not scared of anything. If Schumer didn’t want this and if PR didn’t want it, the House wouldn’t have introduced it.


64 posted on 03/07/2021 12:46:06 PM PST by vivenne
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: trublu
What do thy have to be scared of? They control the education system. the media, and now the entire government.

We the People.

65 posted on 03/07/2021 12:46:59 PM PST by null and void (The media decides what news you can see and NOT SEE. But don't you dare call 'em Not-Sees)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: MinorityRepublican
Turnout was over 54% of the electorate. The 2017 one that was boycotted had 23% turnout.

Over 50% turnout would be a legitimate referendum. If Dems had the votes in Congress, they'd say it was enough to show Puerto Rico supports statehood and make them a state, but they don't have those votes, so it's moot.

66 posted on 03/07/2021 12:47:29 PM PST by Trump20162020
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 53 | View Replies]

To: rarestia; Pollard; cll; All

Washington, DC residents have already voted a few years ago on a draft Constitution, 70% approval. Has a DC bill been entered yet? The PR votes are much more subject to interpretation.


67 posted on 03/07/2021 12:49:37 PM PST by gleeaikin
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: JohnBrowdie
and it’s an irrefutable argument, so give it up.

Based on the "fact" that there was no vote fraud, right?

68 posted on 03/07/2021 12:49:49 PM PST by null and void (The media decides what news you can see and NOT SEE. But don't you dare call 'em Not-Sees)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 37 | View Replies]

To: JohnBrowdie

👍


69 posted on 03/07/2021 12:51:08 PM PST by hawkaw
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: RandFan

Dear ‘Rats:

Sell it back to Spain.

You can thank me later.

5.56mm


70 posted on 03/07/2021 12:52:21 PM PST by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho ain't my president.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: rarestia
Doesn’t statehood have to be approved by the states, or can it be done unilaterally by Congress?

Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 gives Congress authority to admit new States. It does not require Congress receive consent from the territory to be admitted. The only express limitations on Congress's statehood power involve the borders of already admitted States.

71 posted on 03/07/2021 12:52:45 PM PST by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: null and void

Based on the fact that it was unproven, and, given the retarded arguments pursued by wood and powell, unprovable.

and spare me the foot stomping temper tantrum about the entire federal judiciary and the state courts in 6 states all being in on the conspiracy.

It’s just ridiculous.


72 posted on 03/07/2021 12:53:48 PM PST by JohnBrowdie
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 68 | View Replies]

To: Trump20162020

trusting your fate to the honesty and integrity of the dems is foolish.


73 posted on 03/07/2021 12:55:36 PM PST by JohnBrowdie
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 60 | View Replies]

To: Gay State Conservative; Pearls Before Swine; cll; All

Unlike Washington, DC which has over 700,000 people, more than Vermont and Wyoming, Guam has fewer than 100,000 and might not qualify on population count alone. PR has over 3 million.


74 posted on 03/07/2021 12:55:39 PM PST by gleeaikin
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 47 | View Replies]

To: DoodleDawg

Will they? Opposition is such a cosy position....


75 posted on 03/07/2021 12:56:45 PM PST by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 51 | View Replies]

To: JohnBrowdie

They never proved Al Capone was a mobster either.

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.


76 posted on 03/07/2021 12:59:42 PM PST by null and void (The media decides what news you can see and NOT SEE. But don't you dare call 'em Not-Sees)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 72 | View Replies]

To: Pearls Before Swine

Guam has too many ex military. It is not reliably democratic enough. It also does not have the requite population


77 posted on 03/07/2021 1:00:24 PM PST by Fai Mao
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Pearls Before Swine

Guam has too many ex military. It is not reliably democratic enough. It also does not have the requite population


78 posted on 03/07/2021 1:00:25 PM PST by Fai Mao
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: RandFan

I fully agree with Puerto Rican statehood, but I do not agree in any way with stomping on what the founding fathers intended by making Washington DC a state. It was intended that the nation’s capitol would be kept solvent and not given state status, and I think it should stay that way.


79 posted on 03/07/2021 1:05:12 PM PST by maxwellsmart_agent
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: gleeaikin

DC can’t be made into a state. The Founders were pretty clear about that, and when they did the dog and pony last year, they even tried to limit the definition of DC to just include the WH, Mall, Capitol Hill, and SCOTUS, but as I understood it, the actual territory of DC is outlined and cannot be changed without amending the Constitution.


80 posted on 03/07/2021 1:08:12 PM PST by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 67 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 41-6061-8081-100 ... 241-246 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson