The island’s governor and others were already irked with Biden for failing to champion Puerto Rican statehood as presidentPresident Joe Biden’s top allies in are growing alarmed that the White House is creating a rift with the island’s governor by snubbing his recommendations for three federal court vacancies.
The controversy — fraught with political consequences for Puerto Rican-heavy states like Florida and New York — began to surface last week amid rumblings on the island that a bipartisan consensus pick promoted by Gov. Pedro Pierluisi, a Democrat; Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón, a Republican; and Democratic Rep. Darren Soto of Florida might never be interviewed or considered for federal judgeships in the territory.
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