Clinton: No Vote for Puerto Rican Vets “An Injustice and an Insult” – From The Road From: cbsnews.com
Tagged: blog, Hillary Clinton, Puerto Rican, Puerto Rico, voting rightsPosted on: May 29th, 2008
During an evening Memorial Day service in old San Juan, Hillary Clinton spoke of the unfairness in U.S. policy toward Puerto Ricans who risk their lives in the U.S. military and have their voting rights stripped when they return home to the island. Clinton called the action “an injustice and an insult.”
Clinton’s message on a day when Americans honor those service men and women who gave their lives in combat was simple: every U.S. citizen should be given a right to vote.
“I believe it is long past time that we give the people of Puerto Rico – United States citizens all – an equal voice in the vote for the commander-in-chief who sends young Puerto Ricans to war.” “*
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