Luis Gutiérrez: “The people in Puerto Rico didn't take that referendum seriously.”

They got a whopping 97 percent. They did so good that they had to do a repeat 4 years later because no one thought--because not even Putin gets 97 percent of the vote.

We have an opportunity to rectify Puerto Rico's long-standing colonial status which has resulted in its people being treated as second-class citizens.

Statehood is what gives it to us while they diminish and undermine the rights of the LGBTQ community in Puerto Rico.

The Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act of 2021 represents the only genuine democratic legislation about Puerto Rico's status before the 117th Congress.