We are a possession of the United States. Congress has full authorization power over Puerto Rico.
Many people think that Puerto Rico would be a Democratic state just by virtue of the inclination of the Latino population in the United States, but the reality is that I see Puerto Rico as a battleground state.
Back in the 1700s, the people of Tennessee wanted to become a state, but there was not a lot of action or movement in the bullpen so that Tennessee could transition as a state.
As a matter of comparative, the U.S. citizens - the Puerto Ricans that live in the United States - have much better incomes, more than twice as much, participate in the labor force of greater scales, have better results in the education system, and so forth.
Expenditures have gone rampant in Puerto Rico: lack of accountability - total lack of accountability.
Puerto Rico, within the span of two weeks, received two Category 4-5 hurricanes. That has never happened anywhere. The devastation has been enormous.
We've had a history of hurricanes, but none of them of the magnitude that we're seeing Irma turn out to be.
Puerto Rico still has the wherewithal to be a tourist destination.
