Puerto Rico’s Governor: Romney “Looked Me In The Eye”, Promised Me Statehood

They Still have to vote, but you got the title? Maybe were can suggest they take New York as a gift? You want it, you got it.

OK now I get the slick part of the con ... And what all the Latinos were on stage for....



Republican Governor Luis Fortuño of Puerto Rico told The Daily Caller that GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney looked him “in the eye” and said he would “provide the leadership necessary” to help Puerto Rico become a state.

TheDC asked Fortuño if he thought Romney or President Barack Obama would be more helpful to the cause of Puerto Rican statehood.

“I prefer Mitt Romney for many reasons, not just because of status,” he said before addressing an event sponsored by the Hispanic Leadership Network held during the Republican National Convention.

“However, I must tell you something: He [Romney] looked me straight in the eye and he told me that he was convinced that Puerto Ricans had contributed to the nation for so long, yet we were not partaking fully in the responsibilities and benefits of our citizenship, and that it was about time that we decide what we want to do, and should that be statehood that he would provide the leadership necessary to move that forward.”

Fortuño, who supports statehood for Puerto Rico, was hesitant to predict the final outcome of the process.

“Until Puerto Rican voters ask for it, there’s not much more we can say about this. Puerto Rican voters so far have not voted for statehood. So until that happens, it is — it will be unfair to characterize ahead of time what will Congress do,” he said.

“What I can tell you is — and I served for four years in Congress — what I can tell you is that they’ll be open to a request that is supported by a majority of voters. But that has not happened before, so it will be up to the voters in Puerto Rico to request statehood. And then we can move on to the next stage.”