This isn’t gonna happen….
Republicans lawmakers will NOT allow Puerto Rico to give Democrats more power by becoming a state….
In the past residents of the island have voted to keep their colonial status…..
Puerto Ricans have sought greater self-determination for decades, with the island’s territorial status deeply dividing its people. The three main political parties, which do not neatly align with Democrats and Republicans, are also divided over the question of status: The Puerto Rican Independence Party favors separating from the United States; the New Progressive Party favors statehood, and the Popular Democratic Party favors remaining a U.S. commonwealth…
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Puerto Rico has held six plebiscites on whether it should become a state, most recently in 2020, when 52 percent of voters on the island endorsed the move. None of the plebiscites has been binding, however, and turnout has often been low, amid boycotts by critics who support the status quo or independence.
Though the Republican Party platform, which has not been updated since 2016, supports statehood for Puerto Rico, Republicans in Congress have distanced themselves from that position, fearing that a Puerto Rican state could result in the election of more Democrats — a notion challenged by a recent strain of social conservatism within the island’s politics.
Congress is also unlikely to welcome as a state an island that has among the highest poverty levels in the United States and where most people’s primary language is Spanish….