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Vote. but see, not so much. because progressives are going to present a false choice to people. instead of saying do you want to be a state? it's do you want the status quo? they vote no. next vote removes status quo from the ballot to leave statehood against two far less options and statehood will vote. so whoa! then they will elect their congressmen and their senators, they'll demand to be seated and you be sewing on a 51ststra star attached to the flag. how could this happen? well, the immigration debate. texas is now going to -- texas is talking about maybe we should do what is happening i...

H.r.-2499. if this passes, tomorrow, tomorrow they vote on this. if this passes it will force a yes or no vote in puerto rico. not on this question. no, no, no. do you want to be a state no. no. if this passes tomorrow, what they are going to ask is this question -- do you want to maintain the current status of puerto rico? well, no, wait a minute. that's not the same question. why? why? do you went to maintain the status quo? let me ask you this. do you want to maintain the status quo of our country right now? nope. if bertha lewis who, you know, runs acorn, if she were watching, i can guaran...

I guarantee you bertha lewis would say hell, no. you see this question puts us in to agreement. see the trick? that is not the same question as do you want to be a state? it's just do you want to just be like this? no. who is doing this? well, in the past, in puerto rico, statehood fails because some people do like the status quo. and it's enough to make everything else collapse. there are some who want to be a state. there are those who want to be independent. there are those who want to be independent that do like the status quo as it is. somebody's chair has to be removed here. because ther...

Resolution. it is. it is supposedly to support puerto rico's self-determination on whether or not if they want to be a state. oh, well, that's great. i think we have some other things, you know, that might be more important. you know what i mean? why do we need this? that is the question i'm left with. why do we need this? do we need a non-binding resolution to support self-determination? they've been asked this question. they can ask it again. i mean is there something going on in puerto rico i'm not aware of? is there something really -- i want to help puerto rico if there is a problem, but ...

So, they said okay. that's how we had the 16th state. alaska did the same thing. kind of. let me restate. they elected delegates for congress, they voted on statehood and they drafted a state constitution, applied for statehood, went to the capitol and demanded to be seated. this is the key. it doesn't matter what happens in congress. it doesn't matter. doesn't matter. they demanded and they were seated. congressman, any congressman who votes for this, for some reason or another -- give them the benefit of the doubt. they are sheep being led to slaughter. "no, this is non-binding." what? they ...