Political Memes

Oh I believe if you had a referendum right now, PR would go for independence. Tying yourself up to this ship would be bad news. Trump wouldn't just bring back bombing Vieques, he'd turn the main island into a firing range.

I wonder if he'd deport me since I have a PR birth certificate.

He keeps saying he wants to make Canada a state but we all know he means “territory” or at least that’s what the ultimate outcome would be. The people around him are not dumb enough to create a new massive state with like 50 EC votes that would 100% vote Democrat.

Pretty sure by 51st state he means Puerta Rico like status. If the entirety of Canada was considered 1 state it may as well be.

Give PR the independence

If the US gives away Puerto Rico, a ton of technology companies will be in trouble due to citizen requirements. Like my company off shores a lot of engineering and IT work to PR.

"You'll never have to vote again" was, I believe, the quote, so... Not to minimize this very real problem, but I think we all need to be worried about equal representation, right? 🤣😂😅😢

It’s amazing to me that Hawaii has around half the population of Puerto Rico and still they aren’t a state.

It’s sad.

Come on, guys, we all know Israel is already our 51st state if not seat of power.

Just heads up, pointing this out makes his cult happier, they fully want him to snub a Hispanic territory for a country that says 'speak white' to other European languages also originating from white people.

Puerto Rico in reality "good now everyone can stop asking us to be the 51st"

Washington DC: bottom meme

That’s cool, I didn’t think Puerto Ricans had expressed a clear preference, but 56% is pretty good. What are we waiting for? Let’s define a path, let’s start walking it. Let’s chat about whether it’s the path they want.

After a quick read on the issue, the biggest argument against was that Hispanics vote Democrat. But now that Trump broke that trend, maybe now’s the time to get Republicans on board.

Both mainland us and PR have a lot to offer each other. PR can benefit from more investment in their economy, healthcare, infrastructure, etc, we can benefit from both a slight change in perspective, additional business and tourism opportunities, etc.

Didn't they also not want to become a state though? Last I heard they mostly wanted to remain a territory.

Republicans don’t want PR as the 51st state because: PR doesn’t have oil wells & PR has brown people.

Although close the last couple times PR voted, they voted against becoming a state....

For instance, PR has one "delegate" to the House (not an official voting member) and no senators. Taxation without representation.

That's the kinda stuff people have had to actively ignore in order to be surprised by current events. Like that's straight up a colony. The thing the US used to be before allegedly abolishing the concept.

And the District of Columbia, and Guam, and Saipan, and Micronesia, and…

While I know PR probably isn't down for becoming a state now, we know that if they did have two senators and several house members, we'd be in a lot less shit right now. Hell, how many electrical votes would they have been in 2016 and 2024?

Puerto Rico could apply for EU membership!