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To: RandFan

I thought PR has said that they don’t want statehood


6 posted on 03/07/2021 11:58:53 AM PST by Pollard (Bunch of curmudgeons)
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To: Pollard

I did just read that statehood is a simple majority bill through both houses of Congress and the president’s signature. It does state that historically the people of that territory voted in an election to declare their intent to join the US, but I wouldn’t put it past the Dems to just ram it through, damn the torpedoes.


7 posted on 03/07/2021 12:00:59 PM PST by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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To: Pollard

I believe The people of Puerto Rico have voted down state hood many times. It is far more beneficial to receive social benefits without having to pay federal taxes.


8 posted on 03/07/2021 12:01:28 PM PST by pnut22
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To: Pollard
You thought wrong.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Puerto_Rican_status_referendum

19 posted on 03/07/2021 12:09:13 PM PST by Trump20162020
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To: Pollard

I thought PR has said that they don’t want statehood

That’s true.


29 posted on 03/07/2021 12:22:15 PM PST by Flick Lives (“Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives.”)
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To: Pollard
"I thought PR has said that they don’t want statehood"

leftist fascists do not care what anyone else wants, it's in their DNA

42 posted on 03/07/2021 12:32:54 PM PST by KTM rider (Expatriated at home by no choice of my own)
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To: Pollard
I thought PR has said that they don’t want statehood

75 million plus said they didn't want Biden either and lookee lookee!

50 posted on 03/07/2021 12:39:30 PM PST by Don Corleone (leave the gun, take the canolis)
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To: Pollard
I thought PR has said that they don’t want statehood

Republicans should say that statehood of Puerto Rico is on condition of their referendum. It has to pass 50%. Previous votes did not count because many Puerto Ricans did not vote.

53 posted on 03/07/2021 12:41:03 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Pollard

Never mind what they want. Those people don’t know what’s good for them./s


105 posted on 03/07/2021 3:26:08 PM PST by Eleutheria5 ("The impossible happens all they time. You just have to believe." Will Robinson)
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To: Pollard

Last referendum favored statehood about 55/45

2020


127 posted on 03/07/2021 10:02:45 PM PST by wardaddy (P IN 1999 JIM THOMPSON WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE BUSHES ...WE WERE WRONG )
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To: Pollard
I thought PR has said that they don’t want statehood

If they are smart they will reject it. Why would they want to be part of THIS mess?

148 posted on 03/08/2021 9:23:01 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Pollard

It isn’t important what the people of PR want, it’s what George Soros and other Dem big shots want.


177 posted on 03/09/2021 1:32:35 PM PST by apoliticalone (SOCIAL JUSTICE is as much about justice as PATRIOT ACT is about patriotism. It''s called political )
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