February 24, 2016
HOUSTON, Texas – Presidential candidate Ted Cruz made the following statement on Puerto Rican statehood:
"Puerto Rico should be allowed to take an up or down vote on statehood, and if the voters choose statehood, Puerto Rico should be allowed to proceed with the process of becoming a State."
Ted Cruz, Statement by Senator Ted Cruz on Puerto Rican Statehood Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/315224