DeSantis & Puerto Rico: A Demo☭rat State

Why would DeSantis cosponsor this bill?

What was HR 6246?

What the bill does

The Puerto Rico Admission Act [H.R. 6246] would officially make the territory the 51st U.S. state, no later than 2021.

The bill was introduced by the territory’s nonvoting member of Congress, Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR0).

The state would gain two U.S. senators, plus five House representativesaccording to their population, as well as presidential voting rights.

How would the state likely vote? Unlike a potential Washington DC statehood, Puerto Rico is more up in the air. Their one nonvoting member of Congress is a Republican, though their governor is a member of the New Progressive Party which is similar to the Democrats. In Puerto Rico’s 2016 presidential primaries, 61 percent of votes were for Democrats.

Source: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr6246/summary

Archive Copy: https://archive.ph/QTozq

Ron DeSantis’ Role?

Source: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr6246/cosponsors

Archive Copy: https://archive.ph/kPQPb

Closing

Ron DeSantis was helping the Demo☭rats leverage Puerto Rico so as to gain an advantage in the House and, more importantly, the Senate. Now why would he do that? 🤔

H/T @RaphaelFromBrazil on Truth Social for the tip