tacoplease@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 10 hours agoTrump 'considering' Venezuela as 51st state, acting president respondswww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down14file-text
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minus-squarepanthera_@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 hours agoThe population of Venezuela is around 28.6 million. The population of Puerto Rico is around 3.2 million. Venezuela would get more House members.
minus-squareN0t_5ure@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-23 hours ago[Puerto Rico’s representatives are non-voting and have very limited impact on legislation.]https://congress.net/how-congressional-representation-work-for-u-s-territories/) They could have 100 Congressmen and still have zero votes.
minus-squarepanthera_@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·3 hours agoThat’s because Puerto Rico is not a state. According to the title of this post, Trump is ‘considering’ Venezuela as 51st state.
minus-squareN0t_5ure@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 hours agoYes, and Trump is always straightforward and honest.
The population of Venezuela is around 28.6 million. The population of Puerto Rico is around 3.2 million. Venezuela would get more House members.
[Puerto Rico’s representatives are non-voting and have very limited impact on legislation.]https://congress.net/how-congressional-representation-work-for-u-s-territories/) They could have 100 Congressmen and still have zero votes.
That’s because Puerto Rico is not a state. According to the title of this post, Trump is ‘considering’ Venezuela as 51st state.
Yes, and Trump is always straightforward and honest.