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Taxation without representation‼️
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Puerto Rico needs representation and voting rights. DC needs to be a state.

Puerto Rico isn't the only one. People from Guam, the Northern Marianas, American Samoa, and the US Virgin Islands are all United States citizens, but lack the voice, the representation, that other Americans enjoy.

Puerto Ricans have voted multiple times in the past to not become a US state. Things are not quite as simple as you portray.

Puerto Rican residents do not pay US income taxes.

If all the territories were brought into the union as states, they would most likely vote blue and republicans would never hold the Senate again.

I’ve always said that Puerto Rico should be the 51st state

Hey! Puerto Ricans by numerous island-wide votes have chosen not to become a state and not to be come an independent nation.

We don’t want to be the 51st State!

It's insanely amazing that 9/10 Americans have smart phones with internet access; but walking around just as dumb as ever. It's not necessary, just intentional.

Hahahaha you people don’t even speak Spanish so you’re oblivious to the fact that Bad Bunny did a show about independence and sovereignty from the American colonizers. They don’t want statehood, they want independence. Kind of funny considering Democrats have been aggressively pursuing Puerto Rican statehood for decades so they can get more senators and votes

Who’s asking that? Young people who our education system has failed because of woke and DEI policies

And then… They want to annex Greenland… And tell them they will respect their culture…! Yeah. Right.

Very well done and clear explanation of the institutional racism imposed by the USA on Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico has been Gaza before Gaza. They experimented on our people they sterilize our people they bombed Puerto Rico they stole all our resources they polluted our island with military actions and in return we gave him 400,000 lives that were lost in defending this country

Fine, pay back all the money to the US it borrows and you can have your sovereignty! All of it!

It's actually about politics. You can't bring in a state without balancing the parties. Requires 60 votes.

I just don’t care. This outrage is un moving. There are people actually eating children and you think this is important. I don’t understand you folk.

During WW1, 20,000 Puerto Ricans were drafted. Compare that to 10 million Americans. That clearly wasn’t the reason, dumbass.

Amazing info.

U.S. citizens that can’t vote. Puerto Rico like Guam are territories and not eligible for statehood. They are only partially covered by the constitution.

They do know but that’s a diff topic. People were upset that the half time was all in Spanish. Pretty wild.

Look! I had someone a few days ago who was convinced that you need a visa to fly to Alaska! People are ignorant.

Yes they are an United States territory but they don’t pay taxes

US has always been a racist country. If you ain’t White than Batman, your opinion is irrelevant!

They can vote for their independence just like all the other countries that are colonize territories. They have chosen not to. The Spain attacks us. Most of these countries that the Spanish had conquered either chose independence like Cuba or to be a territory.

Everyone knows pr is a us territory

Then pay taxes degenerates

I got the message but girl I gotta tell you… You are beautiful!! 😍 Keep preaching the facts! Sometimes out here needs to hear it! Hearts need to be changed and we better acceptance for differences in cultures!! One would one love ❤️!!

They are just a territory. They can participate in primaries but can’t vote for President. They can travel to the U.S. mainland. We also promise them military protection and give federal monies in emergencies but they run themselves. Have local government and unique culture.

And this why I want my island to be independent I’m done with the colonization we a clearly being held hostage against our will at this point

Repeal the Jones Act. PR suffered since its passing.

I think people know PR IS USA.

People in the US can't even name all the states thanks to Dem controlled public ed, so what's surprising about ignorance about PR (which has zero affect on the lives of anyone outside of PR)?

@Lamont1219 That's good to know
