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5. Yup, PR be the 51st state & DC 52nd - both Democratic leaning :)

Thu Sep 22, 2022, 05:11 PM

Sep 2022

and we gain 4 more senators. Oh and add Guam while we're at it

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Biden vows US won't walk away from storm-struck Puerto Rico [View all] Omaha Steve Sep 2022 OP

PR should have been a state 40 years ago. Evolve Dammit Sep 2022 #1

Yup, PR be the 51st state & DC 52nd - both Democratic leaning :) onetexan Sep 2022 #5

Agreed. Evolve Dammit Sep 2022 #7

Forcing PR to become a state would be colonialism. former9thward Sep 2022 #9

Not true. former9thward Sep 2022 #14

I don't live there but I have followed the issue for many years. former9thward Sep 2022 #16

TFG: "If I were in charge they'd get a BIGLY supply of paper towels!" durablend Sep 2022 #2

Just go throw them some Paper Towel brand paper towels! Initech Sep 2022 #3

That's OUR president who said that! Ford_Prefect Sep 2022 #4

There he goes again... Bayard Sep 2022 #6

What about power when the sun is down? former9thward Sep 2022 #8

The energy is stored Bayard Sep 2022 #11

I was thinking EndlessWire Sep 2022 #12

Whereas TFG would just throw people paper towels. sakabatou Sep 2022 #10

How about sending some electrical linemen down there? RussBLib Sep 2022 #17