Conservative Support
Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and Gerald Ford voice support for statehood and urge Puerto Rico residents to vote in favor of it during the 1993 plebiscite.
Every U.S. president from Harry Truman to Donald Trump has stated that Puerto Rico should have the political status preferred by its people. In 2017, 97 percent of Puerto Ricans voted in favor of statehood. Other conservative groups and leaders who have spoken out on behalf of statehood include:
- The Republican Party
- Citizens Against Government Waste
- Anderson Robbins Research
- Voter / Consumer Research
- Former Governor Luis Fortuño
- Hispanic Leadership Fund
- Niger Innis – National Tea Party Leader
- Congressman Rob Bishop (R-UT-1) – Chairman, House Natural Resources Committee
- Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1) – Chairman, House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs
- Congresswoman Jenniffer González-Colon (R-PR-At Large)
- Congressman Don Young (R-AK-At Large)
- Congressman Sean Duffy (R-WI-7)
- Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL-25)
- Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL-27)
- Congressman Tom MacArthur (R-NJ-3)
- Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY-21)
- Congressman Carlos Curbelo (R-FL-26)
- Congressman Ted Yoho (R-FL-3)
- Congresswoman Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS-At Large)
- Congressman Jim Banks (R-IN-3)
- Congressman Don Bacon (R-NE-2)
- Congressman Ron DeSantis (R-FL-6)
- Congressman Peter King (R-NY-2)
- Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-8)
- Congressman Raúl Labrador (R-ID-1)
- Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (R-NY-22)
- Congressman Ryan Costello (R-PA-6)
- Congressman Dave Trott (R-MI-11)
- Congressman Jeff Denham (R-CA-10)
- Congressman Scott Taylor (R-VA-2)
- Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC-2)
- Congressman Alexander Mooney (R-WV-2)