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“… He also drew criticism this year for suggesting that “almost nobody in a nursing home” is mentally competent to vote, saying he had gained expertise regarding nursing homes because the bank he owns lends to them. …”
 
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Puerto Rico has a higher population that 21 current states. Arguing they shouldn't somehow be a state is either racist or party above country, particularly since Hawaii and Alaska have full statehood.

Assuming Puerto Ricans want to join this shit show of course

DC is a bit more problematic even though it has more people than wyoming and vermont.
 
I'm not sure which of the following statements is more politically suicidal.

A. Women are too mouthy
B. Residents of nursing homes aren't mentally competent to vote, which I know from my up-close-and-personal experience when my bank foreclosed on a nursing home.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Midwestern GOP!
 
uncgriff said:
Puerto Rico has a higher population that 21 current states. Arguing they shouldn't somehow be a state is either racist or party above country, particularly since Hawaii and Alaska have full statehood.

Assuming Puerto Ricans want to join this shit show of course

DC is a bit more problematic even though it has more people than wyoming and vermont.
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The referendums were pro-statehood most recently, although there has been some historical ebbing and waning on that issue.

Puerto Rico would have to give up its Olympic team if it became a state.
 
Enigma94 said:
I assume adding Puerto Rico would provide additional electoral college votes for POTUS as well, correct?
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Yes. At least as much as those states close in population and quite a bit more than the very small states.
 
It's entirely unclear to me why the Republicans have decided that PR is unwinnable for them. I had thought that the hurricane that forced tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans to Florida would be crushing to the GOP. Turns out that the Puerto Ricans have been pretty close to 50/50, last I checked.

Yeah, DC would likely be the most lopsided state in the country for the foreseeable future, but the GOP has only itself to blame for that. And anyway, it's not as if states like Wyoming are competitive. The reason that the sparse population of the Big Sky areas -- two Dakotas, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming -- was that Congress was seeking a) political advantage; and b) graft opportunities.

But of course, Mitch McConnell is congenitally incapable of thinking about any principle at all, or even long-term political thinking. 100% of his behavior is predicted by considerations about the next election.
 
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