Trump an "absolute no" on Puerto Rico statehood, citing feud with mayor

[groundloop]

Source: CBS News

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday declared himself an "absolute no" on the question of statehood for Puerto Rico as long as critics such as San Juan's mayor remain in office, the latest broadside in his feud with members of the U.S. territory's leadership.

Mr. Trump lobbed fresh broadsides at San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, a critic of his administration's response to hurricanes on the island last year, during a radio interview with Fox News' Geraldo Rivera that aired Monday.

"With the mayor of San Juan as bad as she is and as incompetent as she is, Puerto Rico shouldn't be talking about statehood until they get some people that really know what they're doing," Mr. Trump said in an interview with Rivera's show on Cleveland's WTAM radio.

When "you have good leadership," statehood for Puerto Rico could be "something they talk about," Mr. Trump said. "With people like that involved in Puerto Rico, I would be an absolute no."

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-an-absolute-no-on-puerto-rico-statehood-citing-feud-with-mayor/

[wcmagumba]

1. Wouldn't congress...

not the presidunce be the determiners of statehood?

[John Fante]

2. I bet Geraldope chuckled meekly at Trump's weak insults.

Fucking loser.

[NutmegYankee]

3. He's an absolute no because it's mostly spanish speaking hispanics.

The rest is just bullshit. That Orange fuck should be tried for his neglect of Puerto Rico.

[quakerboy]

23. Never underestimate his personal pettiness.

[rogue emissary]

4. One more offense to add to his 25 amendment proceeding.

[machoneman]

5. As if this asshole alone could decide on statehood!

Love how he's driving folks of all stripes to vote for Democrats!

[CanonRay]

6. I'm not at all sure they'd want to join now.

I'm not sure I'd want to join now.

[PJMcK]

14. I'm not at all sure I want to stay (n/t)

[Haggis for Breakfast]

19. From what I understand from my Puerto Rican friends

is that they are dead-set against statehood. The last time this came up for a vote, the two major parties boycotted the vote and less than 18% of the population even showed up at the polls. The vote came out "for," but it was such a miserable turnout that it, in effect, nullified the vote.

After Stumpy's performance during the hurricane, even fewer residents are interested in statehood than before.

[C_U_L8R]

7. What does Trump have to do with this?

Does doofus know how this thing works?

[Haggis for Breakfast]

20. You need to ask this question ?????

[sakabatou]

22. No he has no idea how it works

But the president has the last word on if the territory becomes a state AFTER it gets through Congress.

[denvine]

8. When "you have good leadership"

We are waiting for that also you orange blob of scum.

[xxqqqzme]

26. Exactly.

Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz is the leader he can never be.

[turbinetree]

9. Hey sexual predator/ traitor....................try again a**hole..............dummy................

A territory may be admitted to the Union as a state after its officers petition Congress for an enabling act, establish a constitution, and meet certain requirements (often regarding population) as set forth by the U.S. Congress. Congress itself may initiate such action.

https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/united-states-and-canada/us-history/territory


You really are a racist POS...........................try reading............................racist POS.......................

[clementine613]

35. To be fair...

... like any other Act of Congress, the president can veto it.

(And, of course, that veto can be overridden).

President Johnson vetoed Nebraska's entry into the union.

[procon]

10. If those are Trump's prerequisites for statehood, we might as well disband the whole

damn country. There simply aren't enough ass kissers, suck ups, brown nosers and apple polishers available in avery state to appease Trump's grossly over inflated ego or flatter him long enough to buff up his weak self esteem.

[rurallib]

11. even for someone as stupid as Trump, that is an incredibly stupid statement.

[left-of-center2012]

12. Puerto Rico has not asked for statehood.

The last time I heard of a vote, it was split pretty even.

1/3 wanted to remain as is (a commonwealth and part of the U.S.)
1/3 wanted independence
1/3 wanted statehood

[demigoddess]

17. same here. They have to vote for it. It is not gifted by a president of the US.

as usual he is out of the loop.

[left-of-center2012]

18. And if they voted for statehood

It would be Congress which granted or denied it.

[Squinch]

29. Exactly. No one asked the unindicted co-conspirator, and it isn't up to him anyway. Such an asshole.

[JonLP24]

34. Most that vote want to be a state

In November 2012, a referendum, the fourth as of that date, was held. A full 54.00% voted "No" to maintaining the current political status. Of those who voted against remaining a Commonwealth, 61.11% chose statehood, 33.34% chose free association, and 5.55% chose independence.[2][3][4][5] On December 11, 2012, the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico enacted a concurrent resolution requesting the President and the Congress of the United States to respond diligently and effectively on the demand of the people of Puerto Rico to end its current political status and to begin the transition of Puerto Rico to become a state of the union.[6]

A fifth referendum was held on June 11, 2017. Those who voted overwhelmingly chose statehood by 97.18% with 1.50% favoring independence and 1.32% maintaining commonwealth status; turnout, however, was 23%, a historically low figure.[10] This figure is attributed to a boycott led by the pro-status quo PPD party.[11]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statehood_movement_in_Puerto_Rico

[KayF]

13. maybe the U.S. shouldn't be a state

based on the leadership.

[olddad56]

25. it is a state of confusion

[riversedge]

15. oh come on mayor--just say a few sweet things about trumpy, and he will say yes.

[Julian Englis]

16. He'll suck up to dictators but can't treat an elected official from the US with respect. n/t

[Haggis for Breakfast]

21. An elected FEMALE official . . . .

Is anyone really surprised by this ?

[olddad56]

24. I live in California, Trump hates our governor, can we forfeit our statehood?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

27. only if

There's an obscure provision writ on a parchment in a file cabinet in some moldy basement that says California may return to being an independent republic if it agrees to take McConnell with it and keep him away from the rest of us.

Or so I've been told.

[Squinch]

28. Who the hell asked him?

[raccoon]

30. His usual rude, ugly behavior. Nt

[DonViejo]

31. K & R

[malthaussen]

32. Not in your purview, Mr Trump.

Although I guess as putative GOP "leader" he could influence the vote in Congress.

-- Mal

[JonLP24]

33. Puerto Rico is asking for statehood. Congress should listen.

Puerto Rico is asking to become a US state. In fact, political leaders have been asking for a clear path to statehood since the 1960s. In 2016, the pro-statehood political party won control over the island’s legislature, the governor’s mansion, and the island’s sole (non-voting) congressional seat. Since then, Puerto Rico’s representative in Congress, Rep. Jenniffer González-Colón, has introduced two House bills that would allow Puerto Rico to become the 51st American state — one before Hurricane Maria hit, and the other this summer.

“Now is the time,” González-Colón said in a statement in June, when she introduced the Puerto Rico Admission Act of 2018. “The catastrophe left behind by Hurricanes Irma and María unmasked the reality of the unequal treatment of the American living in Puerto Rico.”

Past presidents have supported statehood for Puerto Rico, if that’s what the majority of Puerto Ricans wanted. Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama did. Support for statehood was even enshrined in the 2016 Republican Party platform.

Puerto Rico’s congressional delegates have introduced multiple (failed) bills over the years, which granted Puerto Rico statehood based on the outcome of a popular vote on the island. The latest bill is the first that would grant Puerto Rico statehood without any conditions, with the understanding that Puerto Rico has already done enough to prove that the island wants to join the union.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/2018/8/31/17793362/hurricane-maria-puerto-rico-statehood