Political Quotes

On the recordJune 23, 2015
How can anybody that says that they believe in democracy and that they want the U.S. citizenship, not want to participate in the democratic process of the nation they are citizens with?
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Luis Fortuño
Republican · Puerto Rico

Editor's note · Context

Fortuno questions the contradiction of wanting U.S. citizenship without voting rights.

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