Delegates from Puerto Rico referred to the island territory as 'the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the next state of the United States' before casting their votes for Kamala Harris during Tuesday night's roll call.
In recent years, there's been a growing movement for Puerto Rico to become a state, especially after Hurricane Maria's disastrous impact on the island, including destroying huge portions of the food supply.
Puerto Ricans have a limited voice in the federal government; they don't have full voting representation in Congress and cannot vote in the presidential elections.
The island has voted for statehood a number of times including in 2012, 2017, and 2020, but Congress must grant statehood and it has not.
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