Leven November’s turnout and result suggest Puerto Rico remains fairly divided on the issue, and critics of the statehood push have found fault with the way the “New Progressive Party” has used referendums to boost support for its candidates at the polls” newrepublic.com/article/162222…
“Contrary to the implications of its name, the New Progressive Party includes conservative statehood backers and Trumpian figures like Puerto Rico’s nonvoting representative in Congress, Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González.”
“statehood has been supported by Republicans here on the mainland for years: George H.W. Bush declared his support for the idea during a State of the Union address way back in 1989, and statehood was part of the Republican Party’s 2016 and 2020 platforms.”
“But that support has frayed dramatically with the right’s turn toward racial demagoguery and growing progressive interest in Puerto Rican statehood as a move that might, like D.C. statehood, help bring ideological balance to Congress and the Electoral College.”
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