The woman the GOP picked as their “proud” Latina to tout “immigrant experience” didn’t seem to know that Puerto Rico is already part of the United States. It’s quite on message, bc it reflects their belief that Latinos aren’t real citizens, even when we are Native descendants.https://twitter.com/andreagonram/status/1298075460925095936 …
“Nobody knows in America Puerto Rico’s in America.” - Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, West Side Story
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Noted Puerto Rico explainer Leonard Bernstein never read SCOTUS’s Insular Cases, though.pic.twitter.com/m7kocJDipv
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A) This is from 1922 B) This is just clarifying it has a separate judicial system and SPECIFICALLY says the Organic Act created Federal citizenship This actually backs up that Puerto Ricans are US citizens, just not a state
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