Pedro Pierluisi actually said...

The problem, Mr. Sablan, is that as I was saying, in Alaska they held a referendum, a plebiscite, years before they came a state.

Pierluisi draws parallels between Puerto Rico and Alaska's statehood process.

06/23/2015

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The ballot results will speak for themselves.

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I am describing statehood. There is nothing wrong with that, but it is just the language used.