Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

A lot of people don’t even know that Puerto Rico doesn’t have traditional Dem/GOP parties. PR political parties largely revolve around status w/ complexity on left-right history. It’s incorrect to assume it’ll go Dem, and ppl should really examine why they make that assumption — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 5, 2021

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People really need to stop conflating DC and Puerto Rico statehood as the same issue. And approaching Puerto Rico’s status as a matter of party advantage is both neocolonial and mistaken. Puerto Rico’s elected delegate to Congress caucuses w/ the *Republican Party,* not Dems. — PolitiTweet.org

I don’t think Congressional leadership has really internalized that if they don’t admit DC and PR, they’ll lose the… https://t.co/y3FSUuCbKq

Posted May 5, 2021

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Self-determination in Puerto Rico shouldn’t come down to a simple ballot referendum - a process that states use to resolve questions like dog racing or cannabis & are easily challenged. Determination of status, citizenship, and decolonization merit a constitutional convention. — PolitiTweet.org

The point about PR not being solid blue is well taken. But I don’t think holding a binding statehood referendum and… https://t.co/FcSCKxWc0I

Posted May 5, 2021