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They not only vote on, but had an active left-wing terrorist group, FALN, that planted bombs and murdered American citizens in order to win Puerto Rican Indepen

by rsj_hn 6y ago

They not only vote on, but had an active left-wing terrorist group, FALN, that planted bombs and murdered American citizens in order to win Puerto Rican Independence from the U.S. The idea was that America was just holding them back from a socialist paradise. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuerzas_Armadas_de_Liberación_Nacional_Puertorriqueña https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuerzas_Armadas_de_Liberación_... https://www.navycthistory.com/sabana_seca_bus_tragedy_1979_1.html https://www.navycthistory.com/sabana_seca_bus_tragedy_1979_1... In 1999, Bill Clinton offered pardons to some of the terrorists but it was conditional on their promising to renounce violence. Oscar Lopez Rivera refused to do so, but was pardoned by Obama. Rivera, who planted bombs that killed two Americans, is friends with Lin Manuel Miranda, who has no problem publicly praising Rivera, even today.

rovr138 6y ago
US citizens residing in Puerto Rico do not vote on the presidential elections.
- Alupis 6y ago
  > US citizens residing in Puerto Rico do not vote on the presidential elections Do you have a source for this? As far as I'm aware, US Citizens can absentee vote from out of the country without issue.
  - rovr138 6y ago
    Of course. Residents Puerto Rico can’t vote in presidential elections. It’s not out of the country. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_voting_rights_in_Puerto_Rico https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_voting_rights_in_Puert... >Voting rights of United States citizens in Puerto Rico, like the voting rights of residents of other United States territories, differ from those of United States citizens in each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia. Residents of Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories do not have voting representation in the United States Congress, and are not entitled to electoral votes for president. The United States Constitution grants congressional voting representation to U.S. states, which Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories are not, specifying that members of Congress shall be elected by direct popular vote and that the president and the vice president shall be elected by electors chosen by the states.[Note 1]

by rsj_hn 6y ago

rovr138 6y ago

US citizens residing in Puerto Rico do not vote on the presidential elections.

Alupis 6y ago
> US citizens residing in Puerto Rico do not vote on the presidential elections Do you have a source for this? As far as I'm aware, US Citizens can absentee vote from out of the country without issue.
- rovr138 6y ago
  Of course. Residents Puerto Rico can’t vote in presidential elections. It’s not out of the country. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_voting_rights_in_Puerto_Rico https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_voting_rights_in_Puert... >Voting rights of United States citizens in Puerto Rico, like the voting rights of residents of other United States territories, differ from those of United States citizens in each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia. Residents of Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories do not have voting representation in the United States Congress, and are not entitled to electoral votes for president. The United States Constitution grants congressional voting representation to U.S. states, which Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories are not, specifying that members of Congress shall be elected by direct popular vote and that the president and the vice president shall be elected by electors chosen by the states.[Note 1]