Rubio: Puerto Rico gov should put aside statehood push, focus on governing
Source: The Hill
BY JOSH DELK - 01/19/18 05:14 PM EST
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Thursday called out Puerto Rico's governor for spending too much time pushing for the territory to become a state and too little time governing the island that is still struggling to recover from Hurricane Maria.
If I were the governor of a state or territory that does not have power, I would spend more time [there] than in Orlando, Rubio told Puerto Rico's largest newspaper, El Nuevo Dia. Sometimes, when people feel criticized and under pressure, they look for someone to blame, because they did not achieve this or that. I do not think it is smart to turn the Puerto Rican issue into a partisan issue.
Rubio's remarks, translated in the Miami Herald, come after the territory's governor visited Washington last week along with a "shadow" delegation of two senators and house members representing Puerto Rico demanding seats in Congress and calling for a path to statehood.
Rosello recently said Rubio's support for the GOP-backed tax plan that he called a "devastating blow" to Puerto Rican citizens was "disappointing," saying the bill did not do enough to help the island's struggling economy, which was decimated by the powerful hurricane in September.
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JackInGreen
(2,975 posts)And needs to get stomped on.
iluvtennis
(19,871 posts)Pachamama
(16,887 posts)House of Roberts
(5,182 posts)It would be blue for the next fifty years.
Motley13
(3,867 posts)desperately need
I think they are in the maggot's shithole category
Hekate
(90,793 posts)...they will vote his ass out of office.
Hm?
BumRushDaShow
(129,442 posts)bluestarone
(17,030 posts)i hope
BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)FUCK Rubio!
Matthew28
(1,798 posts)Republican policies would have the entire united states becoming a third world country. Takes some nerve for these bastards to talk.
pazzyanne
(6,556 posts)It is not a bipartisan issue, it IS a humanitarian issue. Are you on the side of humanity, hum?
GoCubsGo
(32,088 posts)A guy from the party that is incapable of governing is lecturing Puerto Rico about governing. SMGDH.