President Biden will make America greater

[Diogenes]

It’s time to stop treating the more than 700,000 people who live in our nation’s capital as second-class citizens.

The residents of Washington, D.C. pay more per capita in federal income taxes than any state in the country, and more in total federal income tax than 22 states, and yet the District has zero voting representatives in the U.S. Congress.

The Congress retains broad power to override budget decisions made by democratically elected officials in Washington, D.C.

As was made shockingly clear to the American people this year, under current law, Washington, D.C. does not have control over its own National Guard units and can be occupied by military forces at the President Trump’s whim.

The citizens of Washington, D.C., a majority of whom are people of color, voted overwhelmingly in favor of statehood in a 2016 referendum and have ratified a state constitution.

Democrats unequivocally support statehood for Washington, D.C., so the citizens of the District can at last have full and equal representation in Congress and the rights of self-determination.

 

[Stone]

How is he going to do that as a private citizen Jackson?

 

[Diogenes]

The people of Puerto Rico deserve statehood status.

Democrats are committed to helping the island rebuild and recover from the devastation wrought by Hurricanes Irma and Maria and the recent earthquakes, and will mobilize resources across the federal government to address the island’s disparities in energy, infrastructure, health care, education, housing, agriculture, employment, and disaster preparedness.

Disaster response in Puerto Rico must be given the same priority and be conducted on the same basis as federal responses to natural disasters elsewhere in the United States.

We will forgive disaster relief loans issued to Puerto Rican municipalities following Hurricanes Irma and Maria to help expedite the island’s economic recovery.

The unequal treatment of Puerto Rico’s residents must end.

We will invest in the island’s future through economic development initiatives, increased education funding, construction of affordable housing, and innovative energy and climate resilience programs.

Democrats support accelerating access to disaster recovery funds so the island can improve its infrastructure and transform itself into one of the fastest-growing, most prosperous parts of the United States.

We also believe Puerto Rico should be treated equally with respect to federal programs, including Medicaid, SNAP, and the Child Tax Credit.

Bankruptcy blocks Puerto Rico’s growth and recovery. Democrats will help restructure and provide relief from Puerto Rico’s remaining debt burden and work with the government of Puerto Rico to accelerate progress in order to dissolve the Financial Oversight and Management Board.

 

[Diogenes]

Democrats recognize and honor the contributions and sacrifices made in service of our country by the Americans living in the territories of Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

The people of the U.S. territories have played a vital role in American democracy for more than 120 years, and have for too long been met with unequal treatment by the federal government.

We support establishing a Congressional task force to gather findings on voting rights in the territories, and recommend changes to Congress to allow for the full and equal voting rights of residents of the territories in federal elections, and for full and equal voting representation in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.

All residents of the U.S. territories should have the right to vote for President of the United States.

 

[volsrock]

The citizens of Washington, D.C., a majority of whom are people of color, .

10. Washington, D.C. - Highest murder rates in the U.S.

 

[Hawkeye10]

To the extent that Bidens brain still works what it thinks barely matters.

A vote for Biden is a vote for the Revolution.

God Help Us.

 

[IBDaMann]

A vote for Biden is a vote for the Revolution.

You're just another Chavista who hates humanity and wants to destroy the world economy because you think that's the only way for everything to be FAIR. What a dumbass.

 

[volsrock]

The people of Puerto Rico deserve statehood status.

Democrats are committed to helping the island rebuild and recover from the devastation wrought by Hurricanes Irma and Maria and the recent earthquakes, and will mobilize resources across the federal government to address the island’s disparities in energy, infrastructure, health care, education, housing, agriculture, employment, and disaster preparedness.

Disaster response in Puerto Rico must be given the same priority and be conducted on the same basis as federal responses to natural disasters elsewhere in the United States.

We will forgive disaster relief loans issued to Puerto Rican municipalities following Hurricanes Irma and Maria to help expedite the island’s economic recovery.

The unequal treatment of Puerto Rico’s residents must end.

We will invest in the island’s future through economic development initiatives, increased education funding, construction of affordable housing, and innovative energy and climate resilience programs.

Democrats support accelerating access to disaster recovery funds so the island can improve its infrastructure and transform itself into one of the fastest-growing, most prosperous parts of the United States.

We also believe Puerto Rico should be treated equally with respect to federal programs, including Medicaid, SNAP, and the Child Tax Credit.

Bankruptcy blocks Puerto Rico’s growth and recovery. Democrats will help restructure and provide relief from Puerto Rico’s remaining debt burden and work with the government of Puerto Rico to accelerate progress in order to dissolve the Financial Oversight and Management Board.

Puerto Ricans want nationhood, not statehood

Ill-informed support for statehood is based on several myths:

Puerto Ricans are Americans: False. The Puerto Rican national identity remains an ethnic identification of peoples without a national citizenship of their own who live in a territory they call “their country.” This does not obscure the reality that Puerto Rico constitutes a nation, which has had a colonial relation with the United States since 1898. Ambiguities were created by Public Law 600 and by the portrayal in 1953 at the United Nations of the Commonwealth as “a compact” between both nations. As the Harvard Law Review clearly stated in 2017: “Puerto Rico’s heart is not American. It is Puerto Rican.”

Most Puerto Ricans support statehood: False. Puerto Ricans have rejected statehood in five plebiscites held since 1968.

Statehood persistently has lost support since the 1993 plebiscite (788,296 votes in 1993; 728,157 votes in 1998; 834,191 in 2012, and 502,801 in 2017).

https://thehill.com/opinion/interna...t-puerto-ricans-want-nationhood-not-statehood


u are one Ill-informed dumb fuck

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Democrats recognize and honor the contributions and sacrifices made in service of our country by the Americans living in the territories of Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

You do know for example that the US military formed one battalion of Samoans in WW 2 and that unit--by American Samoan law being a territory of the US--was not to be used outside American Samoa

Like it or don't, the unit made no contribution to the US war effort as American Samoa was never threatened or attacked. Guam has made more of a contribution. The American Virgin Islands were bought from the Dutch in 1917 and until 2010 languished in obscurity other than being a tourist destination when oil drilling offshore was started giving the islands a huge economic boost. The Mariana Islands are really a self-governing colony of the US much like Indian reservations are. The only island the US government occupies is Kwajalein, because it's part of the Pacific Missile Test Range and used for DoD purposes.

The people of the U.S. territories have played a vital role in American democracy for more than 120 years, and have for too long been met with unequal treatment by the federal government.

The reason is persons in US territories don't have full US citizenship and in return US territories don't have full membership in the US government. For example, Puerto Rico and other US territories don't pay income taxes. You have to put in to get out.

We support establishing a Congressional task force to gather findings on voting rights in the territories, and recommend changes to Congress to allow for the full and equal voting rights of residents of the territories in federal elections, and for full and equal voting representation in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.

All residents of the U.S. territories should have the right to vote for President of the United States.

No, they don't because they don't have the full rights and responsibilities of US citizens. Becoming subject to federal taxation is one of the things that has kept Puerto Rico from statehood several times. Many locals don't want that tax burden thrust upon them.

 

[gemini104104]

It’s time to stop treating the more than 700,000 people who live in our nation’s capital as second-class citizens.

The residents of Washington, D.C. pay more per capita in federal income taxes than any state in the country, and more in total federal income tax than 22 states, and yet the District has zero voting representatives in the U.S. Congress.

The Congress retains broad power to override budget decisions made by democratically elected officials in Washington, D.C.

As was made shockingly clear to the American people this year, under current law, Washington, D.C. does not have control over its own National Guard units and can be occupied by military forces at the President Trump’s whim.

The citizens of Washington, D.C., a majority of whom are people of color, voted overwhelmingly in favor of statehood in a 2016 referendum and have ratified a state constitution.

Democrats unequivocally support statehood for Washington, D.C., so the citizens of the District can at last have full and equal representation in Congress and the rights of self-determination.

As a result of, in particular, serving two terms as Vice President with President Obama's administration that spared the global economy of a second great depression as a result the failed former republican administration, obviously Presidential hopeful Mr. Biden has all of the talents, experience and skills it takes to make America great again after four hellish years with the lawlessly hacked in Putin b!tch tRump as a failure of epic proportions.

 

[IBDaMann]

It’s time to stop treating the more than 700,000 people who live in our nation’s capital as second-class citizens.

They need to pick a State and live there instead.

The residents of Washington, D.C. pay more per capita in federal income taxes than any state in the country, and more in total federal income tax than 22 states,

... because they elect Democrats to run it. They should clearly vote Republican.

 

[Diogenes]

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris strongly believe the United States should be a beacon of hope for those who are suffering violence and injustice, which is they we will protect and expand the existing asylum system and other humanitarian protections.

The Biden-Harris Administration will reverse Trump Administration policies that prevent victims of gang and domestic violence, as well as LGBTQ+ people who are unsafe in their home countries, from being eligible to apply for asylum.

As our president, Joe Biden will end the inhumane and unjust Trump Administration policies that deny protected entry to asylum-seekers, put them at great risk, and destabilize our neighbors and the broader region.

President Biden's Administration will end prosecution of asylum-seekers at the border and policies that force them to apply from “safe third countries,” which are far from safe.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

The citizens of Washington, D.C., a majority of whom are people of color

10. Washington, D.C. - Highest murder rates in the U.S.

^^^
Another MAGAt catfished by Legina posing as a Democrat. Fucking hilarious to see the dumbasses Legina has tricked.