DAILY REMINDER THAT PUERTO RICO IS NOT A STATE
PUERTO RICO IS A TERRITORY THAT WE BOUGHT
PUERTO RICO = GUAM
PUERTO RICO IS IRRELEVANT
>>66467109
can't they technically make a move at any time to become a full state?
>>66467109
Literally the useless vassal in the Mountains that doesnt really do anything.
>>66467299
They could apply. Congress might not accept it though because then we would be on the hook for FEMA money every time they get fucked up by a hurricane.
>>66467299
no wtf?
what does that even mean?
"make a move"
we own them basically and give them some support, but thats all
>>66467469
they cant apply for shit lel like there is some long application that puerto rico has to fill out
wtf
fuck off
its at www.applytobecomeUSAstate.com
>>66467774
... If they held a referendum and the country decided they wanted to become a state they absolutely could petition the US government to consider it.
>>66467774
You are a complete retard.
>>66468076
>>66468079
[citation needed]
im sure they can just fill out one of these
jk idiots
>>66467109
puerto rico is more relevant than guam. guam doesn't have a primary.
>>66468255
The local Puerto Rican government can introduce legislation into the US congress to become a state. The house and senate then vote on it. It happened plenty of times and congress always votes 90% no.
>>66468255
>According to Article IV, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution, only Congress has the ability to authorize the creation of a new state. Specifically, Section 3 prohibits the creation of new states from the territory of others without their consent, or the combining of two or more states without Congressional approval.
http://people.howstuffworks.com/new-state-in-us.htm
>Official admission to the Union requires Congress to draft -- and the president to sign -- a bill called an "enabling act." For Puerto Rico to become a state, it would need to convince Congress and the president that statehood is not only in the best interest of the Puerto Rican people, but in the best interest of the United States as a whole. The U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives would need to approve the statehood admission by a two-thirds majority vote
I'm not sure why you think it's some sort of magical impossibility for it to happen. There is a route for statehood for places that want to become a state. If both Congress (by a 2/3 majority) and puerto Rico decide that Puerto Rico should be a state it will be a state.
I'm pretty sure you're a troll but on the off chance you're actually just an idiot consider yourself helped :^)
>>66468739
no shit sherlock the congress has to introduce the legislation like anything else
thus there is no "application" to be filled out by puerto rico
puerto rico has no say in the matter
you proved my point
>>66468631
>The local Puerto Rican government can introduce legislation into the US congress to become a state
this is completely false
Puerto Rico is represented by a non-voting Resident Commissioner in the United States House of Representatives
they have no say in anything
>>66469294
They couldn't do it without puerto rico's approval either.... Puerto Rico could ask and congress could say no. They might not even hold a vote. Puerto Rico still applied.
>>66467109
Fuck off reddit.
>>66469615
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST M8
PUERTO RICO HAS NO FUCKING SAY IN ANYTHING
WHAT THE FUCK MAN
LOOK THIS SHIT UP
PUERTO RICO CANT ASK FOR SHIT
THEY HAVE NO ONE IN CONGRESS TO INTRODUCE A BILL
THEY ARE A FUCKING PIECE OF PROPERTY OF THE US LIKE A FEDERAL PARK OR SOMETHING
>>66468272
yes it does
>>66467109
The status of "Commonwealth" has nothing to do with the status of being a state. Both Pennsylvania and Massachusetts are Commonwealths, you know.
