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On the recordMay 11, 2021
It is not the Insular Cases that deny the residents of the territories voting representation; Articles I and II of the Constitution do.
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Stacey Plaskett
Democratic · Virgin Islands

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Plaskett clarifies that constitutional articles, not Insular Cases, deny voting representation.

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