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Santorum: Puerto Ricans Don't Have to Speak English

Clarification

But they should.

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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