Posted on 09/14/2018 11:33:22 AM PDT by SJackson
Ocasio-Cortez to Trump on Puerto Rico deaths: 'My own grandfather died in the aftermath of the storm. Uncounted'
Washington (CNN) — US House Democratic candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez issued a sobering response to President Donald Trump's false claim that 3,000 people did not die in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.
Following Trump's Thursday morning tweet, Ocasio-Cortez shared her own family's story -- noting that her grandfather died in the aftermath of the storm.
"My own grandfather died in the aftermath of the storm. Uncounted. Thousands of Puerto Ricans have similar stories. They have lost children, friends, & family members. Instead of finger-pointing, INVEST in the Marshall Plan for Puerto Rico + just transition to renewable energy," Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter.
Ocasio-Cortez, 28, ran against -- and defeated -- incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley in New York's 14th Congressional District primary race earlier this year.
"3000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico. When I left the Island, AFTER the storm had hit, they had anywhere from 6 to 18 deaths. As time went by it did not go up by much. Then, a long time later, they started to report really large numbers, like 3000..." Trump tweeted Thursday morning.
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She actually knows who her father is? Amazing.
FGD liars masquerading as news.
We would need to bomb the hell out if first, before instituting the Marshal Plan.
we didn’t colonize PR. We got it for strategic purposes in a fire sale after Spain bailed (1899 Treaty of Paris). 94% of the island speaks Spanish and 75% don’t speak English well. (2015 US Census Bureau).
Yeah sure!
I’d wager that the aftermath deaths were more due to a corrupt and incompetent set of “leaders” that run the place...Ocasio-Cortez types.......
Amen to that.
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