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Help for Puerto Rico

Sen. Marco Rubio made a critical tactical error during the recent debate by saying that he did not support the request for financial assistance by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Apparently Rubio has forgotten that Puerto Ricans, approximately 8 million strong nationally including island residents, are U.S. citizens and that they are all eligible to vote in the U.S. presidential primaries.

Erick Babilonia,

Port St. Lucie

This story was originally published February 29, 2016 at 8:29 PM with the headline "Help for Puerto Rico."

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