Rep. Ocasio-Cortez told to give translation after speaking Spanish in Congress | USA TODAY #Shorts

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was told to provide a translation after speaking Spanish in support of statehood for Puerto Rico.

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Puerto Rico, acquired by the United States from Spain in 1898 after the Spanish-American War, is a commonwealth, or self-governing state, subject to the authority of Congress. Residents can vote in presidential primaries but not the general election. The island has a nonvoting member of Congress but no voting representatives or senators, as states have.

Puerto Rico has given its residents the opportunity to express their opinion on the island's governmental status, holding various nonbinding votes on its relationship to the United States. In a 2020 ballot measure that asked a single question about statehood, 52.3% of voters said they favored Puerto Rico becoming a state. In three earlier nonbinding plebiscites between 1967 and 1998, a majority of Puerto Rican voters favored remaining as a commonwealth. Other residents favored outright independence.

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20 comments

  1. She needs to remember what country she is in we speak English here but she is so delusional and so far out of touch with reality he doesn’t know where she’s at or what she’s doing most of the time

  2. I demand this is racist! what about the Chinese, Japanese, Eskimo, African, Indians everybody else Americans? Get translator now!

  3. She is the most amazing human ever smart funny beautiful God like,aoc for president, if she is not elected pres in the next 6 years we will all die this is truly an extraterrestrial moment in time. If you love your children you will help make this happen.

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