Jeb Bush’s Comments on Caribbean Country Prompt New Debate on Statehood

As Joseph Rossi covered earlier this week, Jeb Bush’s visit to Puerto Rico stirred up several debates. This time the Latin Post covers how Bush’s visit prompted a debate on statehood, with the National Review writing against, and local Puerto Rico politicians writing to The Hill in response, as we’ve covered earlier.

From the article:

Jeb Bush’s comments on Puerto Rico’s status, which the Republican presidential hopeful made in late April,  have reignited a debate on whether the U.S. territory is ready to become the nation’s 51st state.

“Puerto Rican citizens — U.S. citizens — ought to have the right to determine whether they want to be a state,” the former Florida governor had said, according to the National Review. And Bush insisted that residents of the Caribbean commonwealth should have a new up-or-down plebiscite on the issue.

Just more talk of the usual, as it happens in every presidential cycle.

PS Puerto Rico is not a country. It is a US territory.