Santorum Wrongly Declares English is America's Official Language | Communications Major | Scoop.it

GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum found himself in damage-control mode on Thursday after calling English primacy a condition for Puerto Rican statehood. But, there is no rule in the Constitution requiring the adoption of English for the admittance of new states, and the United States does not have an official language. The majority of people living in Puerto Rico speak Spanish as a first language.