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Jenniffer González-Colón: “The most basic right in a democracy--the right to vote and to equal representation, and treats hundreds of thousands of…”

On the recordMarch 21, 2017
The most basic right in a democracy--the right to vote and to equal representation, and treats hundreds of thousands of Puerto Rican veterans as equal in war but not in peace.
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Jenniffer González-Colón
Republican · Puerto Rico

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Gonzalez-Colon highlights the lack of voting rights and representation for Puerto Ricans.

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