Puerto Ricans deserve to have the full facts and information about what not only the statehood bill contains but also what that transition would mean because we cannot make these decisions with a lack of information and find out afterwards that there are tax implications, financial implications, and status implications that may negatively affect their lives.
Ocasio-Cortez emphasizes the need for informed decision-making regarding Puerto Rico's statehood.
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What he wants to do is create—or rather, not even create, because it’s already been created—but protect a class of impunity in America that says, 'You can commit whatever crime, and so long as you pay a check to us, we will protect you.'
What we are hoping for is that we want to make sure that we never get to that point.
I mean, he ― we all know he clears a room, right? So, it’s not news that we’re breaking there.
If we go separately, we will lose it all. We cannot let the right win, we just can’t.
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