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She's gonna make sure Puerto Ricans vote democrat?

Yeah... I'm not gonna hold my breath.
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Who's secretary of state in Florida? You know the voter suppression apparatus is ready to go.
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Nice in theory but not happening
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I think Dan's use of 'refugee' in this--and the other instances--was appropriate.
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And I love this Mayor!
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I dunno... if I were from PR I might vote republican as revenge against the entire country instead of just one party.
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@6

If you were Puerto Rican would you consider yourself an American? Because I think Puerto Ricans consider themselves Americans.
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@7 So do trumpers, but misery enjoys company.
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"Puerto Ricans are brown and speak Spanish and only racism could explain why I would describe Puerto Ricans as "refugees" ".

Puerto Ricans speak Spanish, but they are mostly white.
Ethnic composition: white (mostly Spanish origin) 80.5%, black 8%, Amerindian 0.4%, Asian 0.2%, mixed and other 10.9%.
From-http://welcome.topuertorico.org/fastfact…

Just because Donald Trump thinks everyone that speaks Spanish is brown doesn't mean we should buy into that particular brand of stupidity.

There is another simple explanation for the pitiful response to the destruction in Puerto Rico.
Over 40% of the residents of Puerto Rico live in poverty.
I know, we all thought poor white people were Trump's base.
Not if they speak Spanish.
Puerto Rico doesn't vote for president, but Puerto Rico does hold presidential primaries.
If you take a look back at the Republican presidential primary in Puerto Rico, Marco Rubio won by a landslide.
Rubio got over 70% of the vote.
Trump got just over 13% of the vote.
Trump did manage to beat one Latino candidate,
Rafael "Ted" Cruz, who got a whopping 8.63%.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_R…

I'm with you Dan.
I don't see anything derogatory about calling someone forced to leave their home due to a disaster a refugee.
Even if they didn't have to leave their home country, or their home state, they would still be someone seeking refuge.
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"Te daré refugio de la tormenta." Refugee sounds like refuge sounds like refugee is the perfect word to use.
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@10, Pointing out who won the GOP primary in PR is about as relevant as pointing out who won it here in Seattle.
Pointing out that 80.5% of PR is "white" neglects the fact that Hispanic, aka "brown" wasn't an option so it's lumped in to that 80.5%.
Point is that your points are pointless. The reality is that Puerto Ricans who moved to Florida just to be able to live their lives are plenty pissed off and are going to take it out on tRump and his party. The Dems know this and have already been mobilizing to register these new arrivals to vote in Florida. It'll make a difference. Bigly.
Remember too that Hurricane Andrew and the gov't response played a key role in the FL vote and that cost HW the WH.
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What a MO’ron!
“Residents of Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories do not have voting representation in the United States Congress, and are not entitled to electoral votes for President. ... Puerto Rico is a territory under the sovereignty of the federal government, but is not part of any state nor is it a state itself”.
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Vox.com has reported that more than a thousand people have died in Puerto Rico while our government says that 55 people died from Hurricane Maria.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/…

It’s been over two months and half of the island still doesn’t have potable water for drinking or electricity. ANOTHER electrical company billed them for doing nothing. The entire population should move to FL, GA, and Alabama. It’s be nice to see more brown faces instead of the pasty white faces in these southern states. VOTE DEM!
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Sorry, I meant: “It would be nice to see more brown people....”
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Funny how George Zimmerman gets labeled as a "White Hispanic," in order to create the racism narrative.

Most Puerto Ricans view themselves as white, with direct European heritage. No matter — "They look brown to us!" — so the white president must be racist.
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@12
That totally went over your head, didn't it.

The result of Puerto Rico's Republican primary show that even Puerto Rican Republicans don't like Trump.

Hispanic was an option.
"The United States Census uses the ethnonym Hispanic or Latino to refer to "a person of Dominican, Cuban, Haitian, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race."
Hispanic isn't a race.
Hispanic does not mean Brown.
A person can be Hispanic regardless of race or skin color.
Just because Donald Trump, and you, think all Hispanic people are brown does not make it so.
Ted Cruz is Hispanic. Do you think he's brown?

I never mentioned how I thought Puerto Ricans in Florida would vote.
Hopefully they'll vote for Democrats.

One more time, in case you still don't get it.
There are Latinos who are white.
( like the majority of Puerto Ricans)
There are Latinos who are black.
There are also Latinos who are brown.

Just in case you were curious, only about 10% of Puerto Ricans identified as white non-hispanic, the other 90% identifying as white identified as white Hispanic.
https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/…

Here is a little tip.
If you think all Latino people are brown, you're a racist.
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I'm a resident of Puerto Rico and I spent 3 week in the states with friends after going 5 weeks without electricity.

I considered myself a refugee. I don't think there is anything demeaning about. No one chooses to be a refugee.

The shame is in the response of the FEMA and the GOP administration to the ongoing humanitarian crisis here in PR.
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@13 I would be careful who you call a “moron” if that’s all the information you have. It is incomplete. Allow me to correct you.

I am Puerto Rican, born and raised on the island. While it is true that we cannot vote in the US presidential elections, that only applies *when we live on the island*. The SECOND we move to the mainland, though, we can- and do- register to vote immediately, and usually vote Democrat.

I moved to Seattle a couple of years ago in my late 20s and immediately registered to vote. I have voted in every single US election since then- always Democrat. My votes now count as much as yours do.

I just moved to Houston for my job- take one guess which way I’ll be voting in 2018 and 2020.

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