r/USEmpire • u/speakhyroglyphically • Nov 04 '24

Americans excluded from the ballot: Puerto Ricans

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u/n0ahbody Nov 05 '24

I forget where I saw it but there was a video yesterday the Trump campaign put out that had a band singing for Puerto Ricans to vote for Trump. Does Trump even know they're not allowed to?

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u/Prof_Aganda Nov 06 '24

There are a lot of puerto Ricans who reside on the mainland, so as citizens they can register to vote as soon as they reside in a state. He potentially fumbled an important voting block with those tony Hinchcliff roasts.

I agree it's pretty egregious for them STILL not to have statehood. I guess as recompense they supposedly don't have to pay federal income taxes or something.

Funnily enough, they vote in the primaries we all know are worthless.