#Statehood

David Begnaud

DavidBegnaud

People in #PuertoRico, who want statehood, have been promised it for yrs. There have been multiple plebiscites where statehood won, but it was non-binding so it went nowhere.They’ve been promised

eduardo🇵🇷

barelyamericano

So much disinfo around Puerto Rico's elections, and even prominent journalists are parroting it. Much of it stems from the misunderstanding that support for statehood is contained within a single

Andrew J. Padilla 🇵🇷

apadillafilm6

There is no consensus for statehood in Puerto Rico. Last night's vote status vote did not change that. For people on island or in the US to pretend there is

Sarah Teich

SarahTTeich

1/ Why the ICC investigation into Palestine should not be permitted to proceed: only states can transfer jurisdiction to the ICC, and Palestine is not (yet) a state. 2/ “It

Dr. Max Nordau

MaxNordau

In 1975, DC was 71% black. Today, it's 45% black. It will be 60% white by 2030.DC has a higher GDP per capita than any state. It's good to live

Ezra DF

ezradf

I was born and raised in and around Washington DC, and have lived here pretty much all of my life, so #DCStatehood is very personal for me. I'm so, so

Andrew J. Padilla 🇵🇷

apadillafilm6

Puerto Rico should be whatever it wants. Pass it onhttps://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1276708538195349505 Since @AndrewYang is the #Data #Math guy? Let's talk numbers on Puerto Rico Statehood: In 2012 the headline was "Puerto

Tweed Thornton

Tweed_Thornton

In 1817, Illinois wanted to become a state. Indiana had become a state in 1816. Mississippi had become a state that year. Missouri was getting its paperwork together. And the

Francisco Fortuño Bernier 🇵🇷

FortunoBernier

Got the question of the economics of independence a lot. People ask it as if it was check mate. But there’s a key dishonesty in not asking the same thing

Mark McKillen

McKillenReport

Maine gained statehood in 1820 and has been Democrat since 1992. Hillary Clinton won Maine by 22,000 votes in 2016. This was a significant reduction in Obama's margin over Romney

Andria Thomas

andria_n_thomas

I'm gonna talk about #DCStatehood, not the coup attempt. We aren't there yet. But thanks to the hard work of SO MANY, over decades, we are better positioned than ever.

Aaron Huertas

aaronhuertas

In case you were wondering, yes, all the arguments against #DCStatehood are bad faith, blubbering nonsense.You can't make a good faith argument for disenfranchising 700,000 people. "But you can just

eduardo🇵🇷

barelyamericano

The anti-statehood rhetoric is getting ridiculous today. Reminder Puerto Rico would functionally be a state if not for the Insular Cases, a jurisprudence rooted in express racism—as opposed to

Wallace Alexander

historicalpolls

I try, failingly, admittedly, to keep my specific politics away from here, because I dont want to fight with you, and also because it doesn’t seem very useful to be

Andrew J. Padilla 🇵🇷

apadillafilm6

GOP: Fuck Puerto RicoDemocrats: Give Puerto Rico statehood & we'll get blue senate seats After 122 years of colonialism and no reparations?¿What does Puerto Rico want? There is no consensus

Lyman Stone 石來民

lymanstoneky

I'm one of those approximately 14 Americans who thinks we should give PR statehood and have a new VRA but not DC statehood or universal mail-in balloting.https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1348996746140119041 Good question! Let

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