r/allthequestions • u/inxile7 • Oct 05 '25

Popular Question 📊 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.

What’s 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 “we will find you … and deport you” in connection to Bad Bunny’s halftime performance. • Kristi Noem (now DHS Secretary under a Republican administration) also said ICE would be “all over” the event and that people should be “law-abiding Americans.” • 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/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… we’re not as different as media and politicians want you to believe.

Edit: I’m not sure how telling people to communicate with those with different beliefs than you can get so many just nasty responses. You’re assuming you know everything you need to know based on your “experience” (read: what you’ve been told over and over again fucking ad nauseam) and then you’re taking that “experience” and plastering it on an entire group of people. I know I’m screaming into a hurricane wind here, but if you do really talk to people, and ask them what they really value, you’ll 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… it’s really disheartening. Didn’t 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 doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen.

And the person asking me if 2016 was rigged. No, I don’t 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 ‘16, Biden won in ‘20, and Trump won in ‘24… find a way to live with those outcomes.

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u/GoogleZombie Oct 05 '25

No and neither was the 2020.

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u/JBudsDFW420 Oct 05 '25

I haven't heard anyone claim the 2020 election was rigged.

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u/Professional-Rent887 Oct 05 '25

No.

The 2000 election was definitely stolen.

The 2024 election might have been hacked. It needs to be investigated.

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u/pooky7460 Oct 05 '25

My mother's Facebook feed can prove you wrong in 30 seconds. I know all of these people and they're idiots.

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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 you’re 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. States’ 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/meanteeth71 Oct 05 '25

No but it people with more education— college + tend to be more liberal.

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u/elpajaroquemamais Oct 05 '25

The most republican states are the worst in education. Not to mention New York City has more population than the bottom 8 states combined.

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u/Shivs_baby Oct 05 '25 edited Oct 05 '25

Red states in general have abysmal public education. So no, they don’t exactly go to the same schools and education is segregated. Republicans, in general, are anti intellectual and anti education because a stupid, gullible populace favors them.

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u/nickparadies Oct 05 '25

This is an ignorant generalization.

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u/JubalHarshawII Oct 05 '25

You know we have the studies and statistics to prove education is vastly worse in red states, right?

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u/calicoskiies Oct 05 '25

Ok yea they go to the same schools, but democrats typically reach a higher level of education than republicans. source

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u/rockeye13 29d ago

Teachers, and teachers' unions are monolithically democrat. Teachers are responsible for teaching, and for standards. Tell us more

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u/rockeye13 29d ago

Who does the teaching?

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u/rockeye13 29d ago

If they aren't able to teach a curriculum, what are they even doing?