In the case of Puerto Rico, Trump’s comments are particularly ironic for a number of reasons: that he labels Ocasio-Cortez, who was born in the Bronx to Puerto Rican parents, an outsider even though Puerto Ricans are U.S.
territories, were forced to join the United States against their will, as well as the country’s role in driving immigrants and refugees from regions destabilized by U.S. (Trump perhaps does not realize that Pressley, a descendent of slaves, has ancestry in this country going back more generations than he does.) Further, his comments fail to consider the violent and compulsory terms under which many of the people he considers “outsiders,” such as the people of Puerto Rico, Guam, and other U.S. imperialism has played in shaping conditions in the countries and territories in which Congresswomen Omar, Tlaib, and Ocasio-Ortez have ancestral roots: Somalia, Israel/Palestine, and Puerto Rico, respectively. citizen, came over as a Somalian refugee at age 12-Trump’s comments failed to address the role that U.S. In addition to being wildly xenophobic and factually inaccurate-Tlaib, Pressley, and Ocasio-Cortez were all born in the United States, and Omar, a naturalized U.S. The chaos is just beginning.įollow Rewire News Group on Twitter to stay on top of every breaking moment. Rashida Tlaib (MI), Ilhan Omar (MN), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY), and Ayanna Pressley (MA)-to “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.”
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On July 14, in a now infamous series of tweets, Trump urged a group of unnamed progressive Democratic congresswomen-widely believed to be Democratic Reps. imperialism has played in shaping the current political crisis, and resist the pernicious and paternalistic narrative that Puerto Ricans are unable to govern themselves. However, it’s critical that those people consider the role U.S. In the face of growing unrest and political uncertainty in Puerto Rico, it comes as no surprise that some in the United States are calling for more federal oversight of the island. Though the immediate stimulus for the protests was a leaked group chat from the governor’s inner circle revealing flagrant corruption, rampant homophobia, misogyny, ableism, and shameless mocking of the Puerto Rican people, including victims of Hurricane Maria, the events of the past two weeks have unearthed deeply rooted and multifaceted sentiments of distrust and anger on the part of the Puerto Rican people, fed up with years of corruption from their local government, as well as patronizing and neglectful treatment from the U.S. Puerto Rico Secretary of Justice Wanda Vázquez is expected to replace Rosselló next month. Ricardo Rosselló finally announced his resignation. Donate today!Īfter almost two weeks of mass protests in which an estimated half-million Puerto Ricans-more than 15 percent of the island’s population-took to the streets to denounce government corruption, Gov. Your support means we can cover the biggest abortion fight of our time.
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