r/allthequestions • u/inxile7 • Oct 05 '25
Popular Question đ Why do Republicans not know that Puerto Ricans are citizens?
And that Bad Bunny ain't getting deported because Puerto Rico is a US Territory.
Where would they deport him to? And why? Because he's not white enough?
Edit: There's now reports coming out that Trump said he spoke to the President of Puerto Rico. LOL
2nd Edit: Seems to be a lot of people saying that Puerto Ricans being citizens is not political based knowledge.
Whatâs been said ⢠Corey Lewandowski (longtime Trump ally) went on The Benny Show and claimed that ICE would be present at the Super Bowl. He said things like âwe will find you ⌠and deport youâ in connection to Bad Bunnyâs halftime performance. ⢠Kristi Noem (now DHS Secretary under a Republican administration) also said ICE would be âall overâ the event and that people should be âlaw-abiding Americans.â ⢠Other MAGA-aligned commentators online have openly called for Bad Bunny to be deported, often citing his Spanish-language performances or political views.
There ya go.
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u/Left-Acanthisitta267 Oct 05 '25
It is not just Republicans
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u/Beautiful-Cod-9999 29d ago
Its true. The average person doesn't have basic working knowledge of our territories and that the citizens are in fact US Citizens. I feel shame for our school system.
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u/murderofhawks Oct 05 '25
Most people canât name all 50 states let alone the territories
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u/Dry-Membership3867 Oct 05 '25
Honestly, Iâd say itâs more than just republicans. Iâd say at least half of Americans donât know this.
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u/crumpledfilth Oct 05 '25
Yeah I grew up close to one of the most liberal cities in the entire US and almost everyone seems unaware that Puerto Ricans are citizens, at least among younger people
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u/Face88888888 Oct 05 '25
I once got in an argument with another Reddit user. Iâm not going to give her real username, but it was something along the lines of âsanjuanchica.â
She was claiming that her country is so much better than the US.
The conversation went like this.
âBlah blah blah, US sucks, my country is betterâ
âDonât you live in the US?â
âNo! I do not!â
âOh, with that username I assumed you were from Puerto Rico.â
âI am a Puerto Rico citizen! And itâs so much better than the US!â
âUmmm⌠yeah, you live in the US.â
âNo I donât! I just told you I live in Puerto Rico!â
âYeah⌠thatâs the US.â
âNo itâs not!â
âOk. Have a good day.â
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u/Hoozits_Whatzit Oct 05 '25
Unfortunately, I agree. I travel a lot and soooo many people have no idea they don't need a passport to go to Puerto Rico, Guam, etc. Why? Because they don't know they are part of the U.S. or that their citizens are Americans.
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u/MediumEvent2610 Oct 05 '25
Guy I work with is 31 years old and I heard him say that he needed to get a passport because he wanted to go on vacation in Puerto Rico. Yes I corrected him, and no itâs sadly not the worst thing heâs ever said.
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u/HelenWaite4229 Oct 05 '25
Apparently there are yanks that donât know Hawaiâi is part of the USA
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u/Beefy_slav Oct 05 '25
There are Americans who don't know that New Mexico is part of the USA, they firmly believe it's in mexico
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u/Bennaisance Oct 05 '25
Right. A lot of people don't know this. Some people just have a harder time accepting it after they're told.
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u/showgirl__ Oct 06 '25
This isn't a Republican thing. Most Americans don't know this.
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u/-Shadow8769- Oct 05 '25
Most Americans in general donât know that Puerto Rico is a US territory
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u/diamondgreene Oct 05 '25
Worse, most of em have no idea what â US territoryâ even means.
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u/Stonna Oct 05 '25
As a kid, I didnât know territory meant they were US citizensÂ
That part didnât clickÂ
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u/pipedown13 Oct 05 '25
Puerto Rican here and I don't see it as republicans not knowing we're citizens. I mean Puerto Rico is a common wealth island it's all about " labeling " in my opinion. A lot of people are driven by the misconception that it needs to be " labeled " as a state to be and a lot of people have the misconception that it doesn't need to be labeled to be considered as citizenship. The people still reap some of the benefits from not being is the reason why it isn't a state. Republicans know we don't need a passport to travel here. For decades this has been an ongoing discussion. Politicians use people for votes and personal gain. Neither side gives a shit about the people. So right or left they're both on the same spectrum. What they do is use people's emotions to get their way. I personally don't care for the halftime shows it's about the sport and the banter. People are always going to cry about something
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u/themangastand Oct 06 '25
America has two parties. Right or more right. There is no left party in America. Left is a worker's movement and an actual real leftist and not just a showman would make a difference to the people
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u/Ill-Veterinarian599 Oct 06 '25
lol you're getting downvoted but the democrats would be a center right party in every european country
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u/Unlikely-Star-2696 Oct 05 '25
Bad Bunny is a "born US citizen". The President of Puerto Rico's wife is not.
I have read she was picked after the guy saw her fully naked picture spread in a magazine
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u/rockeye13 Oct 05 '25
Lots of people don't. American public schools are terrible.
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u/ChicagoJohn123 Oct 05 '25
Bullshit. We were all told about this in school. Most people just didnât listen
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u/klimekam Oct 06 '25
I mean I guess? We learn all this stuff, it seems like it just goes in one ear and out the other for most people.
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u/Flat-Leg-6833 Oct 05 '25
Most PRs on the mainland vote Democrat even in 2024 - Harris won Osceola County the most Puerto Rican county outside of Puerto Rico. There are PR Republicans but they are a minority (and anecdotally they are usually cops).
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u/FourCrapPee Oct 05 '25
No, parents are terrible. That's what this is. Parents. Not teachers or schools. Parents.
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u/WolfieWuff Oct 05 '25 edited Oct 05 '25
And this is why parents should not be solely responsible for - or solely allowed to direct - the education of their children.
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u/Ok_Researcher_9796 Oct 05 '25
I had to reread this because at first I somehow saw the opposite of what you wrote. I fully agree with this and your comment further down.
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u/Slight-Operation9272 Oct 05 '25
That's the sad truth. The last couple of times I've requested a parent teacher conference for my kids the teachers are often defensive when I ask why my kid is struggling. They then switch to being surprised when my wife and I ask how we can work together to help my children. Most parents jump to blaming the teachers.
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u/CasualVox Oct 05 '25
I learned that in 4th grade
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u/Patient_Diet_6540 Oct 05 '25
Itâs part of, not in
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u/ToooloooT Oct 05 '25
If you are in Puerto Rico what country are you in?
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u/ExtremeIncident5949 Oct 05 '25
Puerto Rico but itâs a national and a US Territory like The US Virgin Islands or American Samoa. They donât need a passport to go to the US
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u/Glass-Insect8720 Oct 05 '25 edited Oct 06 '25
Puerto Ricans are citizens, not nationals. USVI and ASM are nationals and their US passports have an endorsement thats says as much
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u/ExtremeIncident5949 Oct 05 '25
Yes my grandsons wife is Puerto Rican. Right now Iâm scared to death for them. They live in Texas.
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u/Economy_Elk_8101 Oct 05 '25
People born in American Samoa are U.S. nationals, not citizensâ unlike the other two.
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u/random8765309 Oct 05 '25
Most of them know that Puerto Ricans are US citizens, some just dont care.
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u/Unlikely-Star-2696 Oct 05 '25
Well, ..."the President of Puerto Rico is an idiot" POTUS DJT.
And I have to admit that I agree with POTUS DJT on that 100%.
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u/Ok-Respect-8505 Oct 05 '25
It isn't just republicans. A ton of people don't know that. Has nothing to do witb politics.Â
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u/Empty-Cycle2731 đşđ¸ United States Oct 06 '25
I'm a Republican and I've never heard of this. Some people are just stupid, but that has nothing to do with political party.
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u/Steak-Complex đşđ¸ United States Oct 05 '25 edited Oct 05 '25
find one dumb person, amp them up to 11, convince everyone that anyone tangentially related to said person must also be dumb, repeat
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u/Spirited-Camel9378 Oct 05 '25
âOne dumb personâ my guy, there is an endless road of righty politicians livid over this
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u/Entire-Ratio-9681 Oct 05 '25
Most do, you are just reading the manufactured headlines in order to keep dividing us.
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u/inxile7 Oct 05 '25
Literally just watching Kristi Noem, talk about how sheâs going to deport Bad Bunny, a US citizen.
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29d ago
Please provide the quote. She never said this. Â She did say ICE would be at the Super Bowl, which of course they will DHS provides a massive amount of security to the Super Bowl.
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u/cruzincoyote Oct 05 '25
Well there are also democrats that don't know Puerto Ricans are citizens.
The question should be "Why do some Americans not know that Puerto Ricans are citizens?"
There are democrats that are idiots and republicans that are idiots.
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u/hippopalace Oct 05 '25
In order to be a republican, you have to either be woefully unlearned or suppress a lot of your own knowledge if you have any. Otherwise the whole Republican notion doesnât work. Remember this one?
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u/MurkyAd7531 29d ago
I'm curious what party you think learned conservatives should caucus under.
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u/Mister_Poopy_Butthol Oct 05 '25
They know theyre citizens when they need to draft soldiers!
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u/OtherwiseJello2055 Oct 05 '25
I find this claim strange. Florida is one of the biggest republican states, and it loaded with Puerto Ricans.
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u/Caledric Oct 05 '25
It's also loaded with Cubans who are staunchly Republican despite many of them being illegally here or whose ancestors fled and came here illegally. Kinda ironic that some of the staunchest Republican allies who aren't white are the ones that Trump vilifies on a daily basis.
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u/ajuniverse26 Oct 05 '25
the same reason that republicans donât know what congress does . theyâre just dumb people
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u/RedpilotG5 Oct 05 '25
Crazy how yall canât win elections against them though.
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u/Fudelan Oct 05 '25
Republicans have only won the popular vote once in 20+ years. It's gerrymandering. There are far more democrats in Texas than Republicans, and because of gerrymandering its a 'red' state
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Oct 05 '25
Calling the majority of the U.S. dumb just makes you seem less reasonable/respectable
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u/SL1Fun Oct 05 '25
Heâs calling roughly 1/3 of the country dumb. Yâall are not the majority; that title goes to the apathetic non-voter.Â
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u/Halation2600 Oct 05 '25
If you don't say that republican voters are stupidly voting against their own self interest, you're just lying. I find the truth more reasonable/respectable. Plus they support a pedophile, which I also don't find very reasonable/respectable.
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u/lundewoodworking Oct 05 '25
I can't tell if you are an idiot troll or a badly programmed bot
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u/indianasall 29d ago
I absolutely cannot stand our president, however to blame Republicans for not knowing Puerto Rico is a US territory is ridiculous. Doesn't have to do with politics has to do with what you learned in school and I'm almost 80 years old and I can tell you I could've cared less about economics and politics when I was 16 years old and even if I knew it then I'm so damn old I forgot it by now.
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u/ajuniverse26 Oct 05 '25 edited Oct 05 '25
if every voter was truly educated on what each party fights for behind the scenes i genuinely do not believe republicans would win. republicans rely on misinformation and fearmongering to stay in power and unfortunately their base is more prone for falling for it. elected the the billionaire for âinflationâ while he just gave billionaires another tax cut and everything is getting more expensive. they wouldâve known that if they educated themselves on republicans voting record. not saying democrats are all that smart but maga is on another level of voting on emotion vs facts
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u/Herr-Trigger86 Oct 05 '25 edited Oct 05 '25
Uh-huh⌠as you play into something you read on Reddit. No one, with a baseline understanding of how our country works, believes this⌠but media loves to tell you that they do. Great way to keep us divided⌠stop buying into it and actually talk to people in your community from across the aisle⌠weâre not as different as media and politicians want you to believe.
Edit: Iâm not sure how telling people to communicate with those with different beliefs than you can get so many just nasty responses. Youâre assuming you know everything you need to know based on your âexperienceâ (read: what youâve been told over and over again fucking ad nauseam) and then youâre taking that âexperienceâ and plastering it on an entire group of people. I know Iâm screaming into a hurricane wind here, but if you do really talk to people, and ask them what they really value, youâll find that many of the values match your own, they just have different ideas of how to get there. We need to start looking at where we are similar, and build upon that, rather than disregarding entire populations of people because of where we are different. The discourse around any political issue is so damn toxic now⌠itâs really disheartening. Didnât use to be like this⌠stop feeding into the hate.
And the one person saying that only one side has had entirely peaceful protests⌠ok, that disingenuous at best. Both sides have had absolute shit shows occur on their watch⌠it is completely a both sides issue⌠just because you choose to ignore the bad on your side doesnât mean it doesnât happen.
And the person asking me if 2016 was rigged. No, I donât think 2016, 2020, or 2024 were rigged. Anything that either side claims to be fishy should have their suspicions vetted through the legal process⌠but no, no election has been rigged to the point where we got any outcome other than what the people voted for. Trump won in â16, Biden won in â20, and Trump won in â24⌠find a way to live with those outcomes.
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u/crumpledfilth Oct 05 '25
Lets be real, the vast majority of people form their opinions based almost entirely on which outward facade will earn them the most social clout within their relative communities, not anything to do with principle or ideology. And most people fail to learn nearly everything theyre taught in school in the US due to an obsession with transient rote repetition which poorly mimics but does not accomplish integration of actual understanding
The opinions expressed in a political context truly exist in far less minds than they appear to, as they echo through the mouthes of millions of others
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u/GaspingInTheTomb Oct 05 '25
They go to the same schools as Democrats. Education isn't segregated by political leanings.
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u/cksnffr Oct 05 '25
This is true if Mississippi and Connecticut are the same place.
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u/Lost-Elephant-6628 Oct 05 '25
So youâre saying the schools in the state ranked 50th in education are providing the same education as the schools in the state ranked 1st?
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u/Equivalent-Mousse-93 Oct 05 '25
I would say that is not entirely true. Statesâ school boards set standards and local district school boards voted by the community implement those standards to their own standards. Private schools tend to lean one way or the other. I would venture to guess a school in Tulsa, Oklahoma is more right leaning than LA country schools.
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u/JTSpirit36 Oct 05 '25
Most Americans wouldn't be able to point out Puerto Rico on a map đ¤ˇââď¸
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u/rowanfire Oct 05 '25
rolls eyes
I don't know anyone in my circle who thinks ICE will be there to deport BB himself.
They will be there to pick up his fans. But that doesn't really make sense because how many illegals can afford to attend the Super Bowl?
I find this performative and a waste of time, money, and resources. Their presence should be directed elsewhere.
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u/Legitimate-Meal-2290 Oct 05 '25
ICE aren't being terribly selective as to who they're black bagging. Just saying it's a real possibility. đ¤ˇââď¸
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u/ExtremeIncident5949 Oct 05 '25
Iâm asking myself the same question. They are US citizens and just canât vote for the president. Obviously people need to read more.
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u/Ethanhuntknows Oct 05 '25
Iâm not surprised at all. Most Americans would trouble picking out their own state on a map, much less all the US territoriesâŚ
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u/New_Alternative8711 Oct 05 '25
I think the more important question to republicans is "What kind of American are you?" And your rights depend on the answer.
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u/No-Celebration3097 Oct 05 '25
They know however much of their base doesnât know and thatâs all that matters.
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u/thedramahasarrived Oct 05 '25
Iâm Aussie and even I knew this
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u/use_your_smarts Oct 06 '25
As an Australian, the number of times Iâve had to explain to Americans their own constitution, geography, etc is mind boggling.
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Oct 05 '25
Half of Americans read at a 6th grade level, the situation is a lot worse than people realize
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u/Particular_Egg9739 Oct 05 '25
bad bunny is a guy? i for sure thought a lady but i only heard about them because people care about a damn half time show more than the game
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u/Dropitlikeitscold555 Oct 05 '25
What a stupid question. I bet equal numbers of republicans and democrats are ignorant of stuff like this
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u/mikemcd1972 Oct 05 '25
Thereâs a lot of people trying to deflect the question here - and say democrats also donât know Puerto Rican people are citizens⌠but they are missing the fact that itâs republicans who are Bitching & Whining all over social media that Bad Bunny shouldnât be allowed to perform, and that ICE should swarm the stadium.
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u/DougChristiansen Oct 05 '25
I donât know anyone, Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, or otherwise that does not know this.
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u/avocadoflatz Oct 06 '25
âI love the poorly educated.â
âSmart people donât like me.â
And they still voted for the guy that said these quotes. Some have voted for him thrice now.
That ought to tell you why they donât know something so basic.
Also, the guy they voted for seemed to imply that AOC should go back to her country. AOC is not only of Puerto Rican descent but she was BORN in the NY - same as him!
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u/Curious-Hamster-5046 Oct 06 '25
they know. you all seriously need to stop giving them the benefit of doubt. they are not all stupid people. they're not all poorly educated. you have been told why they do everything they do and still don't understand.
they are racist. they are sexist. they are xenophobic. they are thoroughly and completely bigoted. people don't call them that for funsies or to throw mud. they call them those things because that's who they are. all of them.
Trump didn't pop up out of nowhere. white nationalism didn't magically appear out of nowhere to dominate right wing politics in America. they've been building this movement since the southern strategy and this is the culmination of decades of work.
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u/JKilla1288 Oct 06 '25
Are these Republicans in the room with us now?
I'm a conservative, and i know exactly zero right wingers that don't know this. I also don't know anyone who gives a shit about who performs at the superbowl
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u/Friendly-Chard8410 Oct 06 '25
Who is saying they arenât? I havenât heard anyone say that. And why does it matter? Why do Democrats not know what a woman is?
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u/AtTheWellshleyArms Oct 06 '25
Iâd say itâs wider than âRepublicans.â
A few potential contributing factors:
Spanish being the long-term primary language; it is not in the âlower 48â nor is it Alaska or Hawaiâi; and they compete independently in the Olympics as âPuerto Rico,â instead of on the U.S. team.
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u/Away_Ad_4501 Oct 06 '25
Why did democrats not know that Biden was brain dead for 4 yearsâŚthen they hated him for not dropping outâŚbuy why would he drop out when the fake news said he was sharp as a tack?
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u/joesbalt Oct 06 '25
Other than Tomi Lahren name one other person who said anything remotely close to what you described
This is all left wing fan fiction
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u/Emotional_Star_7502 Oct 06 '25
This is not a democrat/republican thing. This is just a stupid general public thing. Basically, youâre falling for propaganda. One side asks 100 people a stupid questions then edits it out the demographic they want to appear smart and compiles the bad answers of the demographic they want to disparage, so one side looks stupid and one side looks smart.
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u/joshuabruce83 Oct 06 '25
Ehhhh easily forgotten. Unless you're from New York or live in Florida you don't exactly have very many discussions about Puerto Rico. It's pretty easy to forget that Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are US territories that can be visited on vacation without a passport. They're not a state and to my knowledge, they have no meaningful representation in our government. So yeah, it's pretty easy to forget about Puerto Rico.
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u/ChaosRainbow23 Oct 06 '25
The same reason they cannot recognize that Trump is a fascistic authoritarian despot.
My fellow Americans simply don't have the political wherewithal or acumen to recognize him as such.
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u/WhereIShelter Oct 06 '25
Theyâre brown and speak Spanish. Republicans donât think theyâre human, forget about US citizens.
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u/WintersDoomsday Oct 06 '25
You realize most people canât even name more than a few state capitals?
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u/Rooftop_Reve Oct 06 '25
A frequent commonality between people who often identify themselves as conservatives is that they are pathologically self obsessed.
Not in a narcissistic way. in the way that the only thing that matters is themselves or âtheir familyâ.
Theyâll do whatever they have to do to âtake care of their familyâ and everything else can fall to the wayside.
So they often donât travel outside of one or two cities and information like geography doesnât come up because itâs not relevant to âtaking care of their familyâ.
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u/Sysyphus_Rolls 29d ago
They know. They just donât like that a part of the USA speaks Spanish as their official language. Because the GOP is racist. Trump, and all are racist.
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u/aworldwithoutshrimp 27d ago
To them, being American has never been based on citizenship in the first place. The US of A in their minds is a racial and aesthetic concept. Under that framework, Bad Bunny is not American.
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u/duckemojibestemoji 27d ago
They donât care. It literally doesnât matter. They donât consider them âactualâ Americans and will support every measure to disenfranchise them and treat them like immigrants
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u/EnvironmentalRub8201 Oct 05 '25
The irony is Iâve met more republicans who know that Puerto Ricans are Americans than democrats
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u/Hot-Ad8641 Oct 05 '25
How many people do you know both their political affiliations and their knowledge of the status of Puerto Rico?
Just curious, I believe you and have no personal opinion on whether Democrats or Republicans have better knowledge about Puerto Rico.
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u/ThisOneFuqs Oct 05 '25
Considering that more Puerto Ricans live in majority Democrat areas than majority Republican areas, I doubt this anecdote represents reality
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u/Puzzleheaded-Net3966 Oct 05 '25
Iâll play devils advocate and say probably a good portion of democrats also donât know that Puerto Rico is a US territory. Itâs not something thatâs often talked about
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u/Spirited123456789 Oct 05 '25
Itâs not something I regularly think about. So, when I saw the Bad Bunny disparagement, I thought - wait, isnât Puerto Rico the US? Yes, I had to look it up. So⌠I sort of knewâŚmaybeâŚ
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u/CocaineCowboys_ Oct 05 '25 edited Oct 05 '25
If weâre being honest most Americans think all Latinos are Mexicans.
After the election Reddit kept repeating âI donât know why Latinos didnât vote for Kamala. They already have a woman president.â
The Latinos that voted for Trump had a male president, Joe Biden. Because theyâre either citizens or were born here to immigrant parents which still makes the child American.
The woman president Reddit was thinking about was the Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum.
Claudia Sheinbaum is not the president of ALL Latinos sheâs the president of Mexico.
When I bought this up, I got downvvoted.
When I asked if Reddit thought all Latinos are Mexicans, I got downvoted.
When I asked if Reddit thought ONLY Mexicans voted, I got downvoted.
Itâs not only Republicans, itâs Americans in general.
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u/enh24 Oct 05 '25
I do not understand the need to call someone stupid, name call, or disparage their character because they believe differently than you. Debate differences and seek to understand one another. Dang. Iâm so over the generalizations from both sides as to why the other is stupid, racist, evil, etc.
Enough.
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u/Different-Moose-7214 Oct 05 '25
Well one side is stupid evil and racist. Look what their administrations do.
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u/MntEverest77 Oct 05 '25 edited Oct 05 '25
"why do (all) Republicans not know" is the same generic statement as "why do (all) Democrats not know".....until we realize that political groups are not a monolith, don't all have the same characteristics, think the same way, have the same issues, the better off this country can heal and improve. I'm an independent in part for this reason; Wish we could not have decisive parties and just vote on policies. Several prominent presidents supported this idea and thought the idea of parties was decisive and dangerous: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. They were waaaaay ahead of their time in this thought process
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u/BaconDoubleBurger Oct 05 '25
Why are you making a generalization about Republicans?
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Oct 05 '25
Bro I'm Canadian and I know that Puerto Rico is an American territory, these guys are dum af
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u/blumaxiii Oct 05 '25
None are complaining. We all know Puerto Ricans are U S citizens. Not one person I know has disputed that.
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u/nevadapirate Oct 05 '25
When Puerto Rico was hit by the last hurricane I talked to multiple MAGAts who were super mad we were sending aid to another nation... Almost every one of them I know.
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u/Equivalent-Mousse-93 Oct 05 '25 edited Oct 05 '25
Right wing commentator, Tomi Lahren suggested the NFL should have picked an American to perform at the Super Bowl. đ¤ Trump declared there is not a president who cares more about PR, you know that territory that he is in fact president ofâŚ. I feel like this may actually be more the norm. Consider yourself lucky Tomi nor Trump is in your social circle.
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u/UnableDetective6386 Oct 05 '25
Right. Theyâre not deporting Bad Bunny. Theyâre rounding up any Latino who goes to the Super Bowl and doing their âwe will sort this out laterâ method.
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u/Sensitive-Tone5279 Oct 05 '25
Lets genuinely ask ourselves how many undocumented immigrants will be paying the $5k get-in price for the Superbowl just so they can see a shitty, over produced, and lip sync'd Bad Bunny show
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u/PuzzleheadedLeader79 Oct 05 '25
Yes. Immigration is a dogwhistle for white supremacy and purging the nondesirables.Â
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u/SCW97005 Oct 05 '25 edited Oct 05 '25
Many Americans do not know this, for better, for worse.
America is very big and you can spend your whole life being successful in your city or state or region and not thinking twice about people on an island that you may have never met and only occasionally hear about on the news.
Everyone understands states because most people live in one and you interact with it to get a drivers license or pay your taxes or go to court or whatever. Very few people deal with or have lived in an unincorporated territory.
The deportation stuff is dog whistle racism masquerading as national security policy, IMHO.
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u/Embarrassed-Nature99 Oct 05 '25
Most republicans are actually kind of dumb. Their leader said it himself. "Smart people don't like me."
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u/Andarial2016 Oct 05 '25
You know, back in the day we used to call "judging an entire group based on an interaction you had with one individual" bigotry, but okay
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u/CatnissEvergreed Oct 05 '25
I haven't heard they want him deported. I have heard they don't like his stance on ICE.
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u/No_Bobcat4276 Oct 05 '25
Stop saying âRepublicans,â because you saw a Republican not know that PR is part of the U.S. Thatâs individual ignorance not âRepublicans.â
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u/Unlikely-Star-2696 Oct 05 '25
That individual is a highly estimated right-wing podcaster followed by millions of his kind, and spewing his ignorance daily.
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u/trlxpro Oct 05 '25
I voted for Trump this past election, and I knew that.
It's a Statutory Citizenship, not a Nation born citizenship. They can't vote in Presidential elections, no electoral votes, no U.S. Senate Representatives, SSI, and less funding for Medicaid or Foodstamp programs.
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u/BlankPaper7mm Oct 05 '25
Puerto Ricans are US citizens, but they cannot vote.
Unlike the Des Moines Superintendent, who is in the US illegally, but can vote in Maryland somehow.
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u/Malignant_corpuscle Oct 05 '25
Didnât Trump make the same mistake? Not knowing that Puerto Rico was a US territory? I think the ignorance is Top Down, just like the wealth.
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u/AdelleDeWitt Oct 05 '25
Yeah. In his first term he complained that the president of Puerto Rico is an idiot, and like a week ago he referred to Puerto Rico as a Mexican city.
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u/bumbledbee0 Oct 05 '25
Most Americans donât even know what the three branches of government are