Santorum: Puerto Ricans Don't Have to Speak English

Clarification

Updated Apr. 21, 2017 5:16PM EDT / Published Mar. 15, 2012 3:02PM EDT

Apparently, when Rick Santorum said Puerto Rico would need to make English its official language if it ever wants to become a state, he didn't really mean that. "Obviously Spanish would be the language here," he said Thursday. What actually he meant was that Puerto Ricans should learn English. "That's something that I think is essential to be an American period, whether you're going to be a state or not, people should speak English and it should be a common language among all Americans," he said, insisting that his comments during an interview with a Puerto Rican newspaper Wednesday had been "maliciously" twisted.

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Santorum: Puerto Ricans Don't Have to Speak English