At a time when democracy is under siege, we are appalled that elected representatives of the Puerto Rico statehood party and affiliated groups are teaming up with the Heritage Foundation.
As widely reported, the Heritage Foundation is bent on ushering in Project 2025, which calls for a dystopian and authoritarian Trump administration that destroys the independence of the judicial system, dismantles the federal civil service and rolls back basic freedoms like reproductive and civil rights, among other extreme measures. For both the Puerto Rican diaspora of 5.8 million and our home country of Puerto Rico, this would be disastrous and worsen the already untenable colonial situation under the United States.
For the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in Congress, who was also the former chair of Latinos for Trump and is now a gubernatorial candidate, and a panel of individuals who claim to support “equal rights” or democracy for Puerto Rico, but in turn, normalize the Project 2025 agenda of this far right institution once again reveals the statehood party for the MAGA-embracing organization that it is.
Alianza for Progress - Florida
CASA in Action
Power 4 Puerto Rico Coalition
La Mesa Boricua - Florida
Puerto Rican Cultural Center - Chicago
Boricuas Unidos en la Diáspora
El Otro Puerto Rico
VAMOS - Puerto Rico
Collective of Puerto Ricans in Houston
Avanzamos Unidos - Ohio
St. Louis, Missouri Alderperson Daniela Velázquez
Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes
New York City Council Member Alexa Avilés
New York City Council Member Tiffany Cabán
Florida State Representative Johanna López
Minnesota State Representative María Isa Pérez-Vega
New York State Assembly Member Jessica González Rojas
Former Philadelphia City Council Member María Quiñones
Former San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz
Former New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito
Eliseo Santana past Director of Florida LULAC, and Community Leader
Former Laconia, New Hampshire Democratic Committee Chair Carlos Cardona
Karina Claudio Betancourt, Public Policy and Government Master’s Student, University of Puerto Rico