Why Puerto Rico’s statehood referendum was a ploy for Democrat seats in Congress
Two weeks ago, at President-elect Donald Trump’s now infamous campaign rally in Madison Square Garden, comedian Tony Hinchcliffe made a controversial joke calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.” Democrats seized upon the barb as evidence that Hinchcliffe, and by extension Trump, was racist against Puerto Ricans. A compliant press ran with the story. … Read more