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Puerto Rico statehood is game of chicken between GOP and Democrats Kerry Picket © Provided by Washington Examiner
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are usually political opposites. But they re aligned on one issue: Puerto Rico statehood.
McConnell, a senator from Kentucky, is aligned with a faction of Republicans in Congress that opposes statehood for the Caribbean island, which a bipartisan group of lawmakers is trying to make happen through the Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act that was introduced in the House this week. In McConnell s view, making Puerto Rico a state would deliver a Democratic representative and two additional Democratic senators, comparable to the Democratic push to make Washington, D.C., a state.
tour the hurricane-ravaged island and meet with residents and local officials who have been begging for help for more than a week. this is what they got at the first event after the president landed. brock long has been through a lot. wrong has been unbelievable. your governor has been, who i didn t know, i heard very good things about him. he s not even from my party. and he started right at the beginning appreciating what we did. right from the beginning. this governor did not play politics. he didn t play it at all. he was saying it like it was. and he was giving us the highest grades. so congresswoman jennifer gonzalez colon. who i ve watched the other day, and she was saying such nice things about all of the people that have worked so hard. i saw those comments and everybody saw those comments and we really appreciate it. and i also want to thank linda