Puerto Ricans Are U.S. Citizens Who Deserve the Right to Vote

  • da: Care2 Team
  • destinatario: John Ward, GOP candidate for Florida's 6th Congressional District
Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens. It's a simple fact that shouldn't need to be repeated — but apparently it does.

Between President Trump's disproportionate responses to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and Hurricane Harvey in Texas, and the fact that countless Puerto Ricans are either still displaced or without power eight months after the hurricane, it's clear that the U.S. government is failing our fellow Americans.

And now, a GOP congressional candidate in Florida wants to prevent Puerto Ricans in Florida from voting. Please sign this petition demanding that John Ward drop out of Florida's 6th Congressional District race now!

When asked by a voter how he would respond to Puerto Ricans who have "moved either temporarily or permanently to Florida" and haven't had adequate relief aid, Ward first responded by saying they shouldn't be able to register to vote. Rather than addressing the fact that these U.S. citizens need aid, Ward went on about how Democrats are trying to influence voting registers in counties and districts by letting Puerto Ricans register and how Puerto Ricans "belong" in Puerto Rico.

This is absurd. If a U.S. citizen moves from one state to another, they would be allowed to register to vote. The same is true for someone moving from Puerto Rico to Florida.

Efforts to discount, discredit, and disassociate with the people of Puerto Rico is mired in racism. To deny they're right to vote is un-American. How can John Ward represent the people of Florida, if he's willing to deny rights to a group of Americans?

Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens. Please join in demanding that John Ward drop out of the congressional race for denying that simple fact.
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