Puerto Rico Statehood

The unincorporated Territory of Puerto Rico is a beautiful semi-tropical Caribbean island which has a population higher than 40% of our states, yet it has no voting representation in our government. In 2017 Puerto Rico was devastated by two category 5 hurricanes killing more U.S. Citizens than the 9/11 attack and leaving the island so devastated it took ten months to get electricity back to everyone. Although the President claimed the Federal response to this disaster was an A+, it was an utter failure and by any standard an F-. That is why Puerto Rico needs and should receive statehood, if for no other reason than to have a say in how they are treated. The time has come to authorize statehood for Puerto Rico and while we're at we should look at the District of Columbia too.