Why aren't you fighting for Puerto Rican admission? It's been in the Republican Party's national platform for several decades.
Eleanor Holmes Norton: “Why aren't you fighting for Puerto Rican admission? It's been in the Republican Party's national platform for several…”
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Norton challenges Republicans to support Puerto Rico's statehood.
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