I... I really don't understand any hate for Puerto Rico.

I visited there once, when my parents took me on a Caribbean cruise. I enjoyed Viejo San Juan, especially Pigeon Park.

But I associate it with amazing Caribbean food. I am convinced that every Puerto Rican grandmother wants every person in her life to become spherical from so much plantain, arroz con gandules, and bacalao guisado.

And I associate it with entertainment. Marc Anthony, Bad Bunny, Rosario Dawson, José Ferrer, Luis Fonzi, Raul Julia, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Luis Miguel, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Rita Moreno, and Tito Puente are from there.

Yes, the island is poor compared with the mainland. That's fixable, especially if it either becomes a full US state or it becomes its own nation.

But hate for Puerto Rico... utterly baffles me.

@Chip_Unicorn I think it's opportunism. PR's still a territory, so they can't vote right? And by definition there won't be a big number of Riquenos registered in the states. So right wing whites will understand hating on them as code for hating Mexicans, and right wing Cuban- and Mexican-Americans can feel okay that they're not supporting someone openly dissing them.