All those “illegal alien”, “drug smugglers” now gonna be legal non-white citizens … Hahaha!

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    I’m surprised. Hispanics generally vote Democratic. If Venezuela becomes a state, it will have 2 Senators and many House of Representatives members.

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      You assume by state he means state and not territory. Because let’s be honest, they wouldn’t get any representation at the federal level.

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        Look at the title of the post. It says Trump is ‘considering’ Venezuela as 51st state.

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          You give him too much credit to understand what statehood means when compared to making it a territory.

          He is also only considering it to keep the news focused away from the Epstine files, and everything else he is actually doing.

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        AND IF AN ARTIST FROM THERE SINGS AT THE SUPERBOWL WE WILL PLUG OUR EARS AND GO NANANANANANANA I CANT HEAR YOU

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        The population of Venezuela is around 28.6 million. The population of Puerto Rico is around 3.2 million. Venezuela would get more House members.

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      Lol, what? Hispanics are highly conservative. Right wing propaganda has been overwhelming on Spanish social media for decades; it makes Fox News look like MSNBC. Latin American culture is absolutely SEEPED with conservative Christianity, with a deep rooted hatred of LGBT and anything that even vaguely reminds them of the word “socialism”.

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        Yet there is no question that over the past three election cycles, Latino voters – Latino men under 40, in particular – have shifted right. That change has benefited GOP candidates, even as the majority of Latinos still voted for Democrats.

        However, evidence from general elections in 2025 in places such as New Jersey, New York and Virginia, as well as special elections in 2026, suggest an abrupt correction is underway, with some of the Latino voters who backed Trump now swinging back to the Democrats.

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        Hmm Colombia doesn’t seem to be so bad, the people I know from there are very progressive. Same with Cuba.

        I know some from Paraguay as well and they’re a bit more conservative but certainly not very right wing.

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      In the 2024 presidential election, Donald Trump received 46% of the Latino vote, marking the highest percentage for a Republican candidate in U.S. history.

      As you can see, it’s also working out great for the Latino voters.

      Propaganda works.