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Do Puerto Ricans Consider Themselves Americans?
Posted on 4/15/19 at 3:07 pm
Posted on 4/15/19 at 3:07 pm
I'm reading about the Notre Dame fire on twitter and end up reading the comments of all the lefties that are blasting Trump for his pretty tone deaf tweet (what's new) about the fire.
In the comments was a girl from Puerto Rico who says something along the lines of Trump being tone deaf and insensitive when he visited Puerto Rico after their recent tragedy (I honestly didn't know they had a tragedy but she says they did so I will take it at face value). She closes her tweet by saying "Who would say something like that to 3.5 million American citizens."
Is it wrong that my immediate reaction was to want to reply to her tweet that Puerto Rico isn't really part of the USA?
I didn't reply to her cuz I didn't want to end up in a twitter argument over the semantics of what Puerto Rico actually is in relation to the US but it definitely caught me off guard to see a Puerto Rican refer to herself and her country as "American Citizens".
In the comments was a girl from Puerto Rico who says something along the lines of Trump being tone deaf and insensitive when he visited Puerto Rico after their recent tragedy (I honestly didn't know they had a tragedy but she says they did so I will take it at face value). She closes her tweet by saying "Who would say something like that to 3.5 million American citizens."
Is it wrong that my immediate reaction was to want to reply to her tweet that Puerto Rico isn't really part of the USA?
I didn't reply to her cuz I didn't want to end up in a twitter argument over the semantics of what Puerto Rico actually is in relation to the US but it definitely caught me off guard to see a Puerto Rican refer to herself and her country as "American Citizens".
This post was edited on 4/15/19 at 3:09 pm
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Posted on 4/15/19 at 3:07 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
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Posted on 4/15/19 at 3:08 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
PR folks want to be citizens when it is time for free money.
The rest of the time they love to carry on about their independence.
The rest of the time they love to carry on about their independence.
Posted on 4/15/19 at 3:08 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
American citizens aren’t necessarily Americans, and I’m pretty sure Puerto Rican’s don’t consider them selves Americans.
Posted on 4/15/19 at 3:09 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
Well they are actually American citizens, so it would be silly to argue that they aren't.
Posted on 4/15/19 at 3:09 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
They are American citizens.
Posted on 4/15/19 at 3:09 pm to TigerStripes06
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American citizens aren’t necessarily Americans
Clarify this. That is an interesting concept.
Posted on 4/15/19 at 3:09 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
They've been US citizens since around 1920.
Posted on 4/15/19 at 3:10 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
Puerto Rican’s are American citizens.
Posted on 4/15/19 at 3:10 pm to Tactical1
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They are American citizens.
I am not claiming to be an expert at this at all so can you explain how?
Posted on 4/15/19 at 3:10 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
Well, they are American citizens, so...
Posted on 4/15/19 at 3:10 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
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This post was edited on 10/15/20 at 10:16 am
Posted on 4/15/19 at 3:12 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
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can you explain how?
I'm not sure if this is sarcasm.
Are you seriously asking this?
Posted on 4/15/19 at 3:13 pm to ExtraGravy
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If that catches you off guard, wait till you find out that everyone born in Puerto Rico is an "American Citizen" at birth.
Well that's the same thing that this girl is implying.
Are they really citizens? I mean they don't have the right to vote on the President (no electoral college votes for them) and they don't get representation in congress so what makes them citizens?
Posted on 4/15/19 at 3:13 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
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This post was edited on 10/15/20 at 10:16 am
Posted on 4/15/19 at 3:13 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
They only consider themselves Americans when they need American money.
Posted on 4/15/19 at 3:14 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
quote:The Hurricane..?
I honestly didn't know they had a tragedy but she says they did so I will take it at face value
Posted on 4/15/19 at 3:15 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
quote:You missed that, huh?
Puerto Rico after their recent tragedy (I honestly didn't know they had a tragedy but she says they did so I will take it at face value)
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definitely caught me off guard to see a Puerto Rican refer to herself and her country as "American Citizens".
Posted on 4/15/19 at 3:15 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
quote:probably the cat 5 hurricane that killed "somewhere between" 60-3,000 people
(I honestly didn't know they had a tragedy but she says they did so I will take it at face value)
Posted on 4/15/19 at 3:15 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
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I honestly didn't know they had a tragedy but she says they did so I will take it at face value
She's referring to the hurricane that they can't recover from because they pissed away most of the relief money via political corruption. It's basically the reason they're essentially a third world country and will remain so forever.
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