Ocasio-Cortez: response to Hurricane Maria shows that Puerto Ricans are treated as second-class citizens

The Democratic congressional candidate, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY), said Sunday that the Trump administration's response to Hurricane Maria last year shows that Puerto Ricans are treated "like citizens second class ".

"What we saw in Puerto Rico was a massive death of 3,000.It was the worst humanitarian crisis in modern American history and many people affected by this storm have invoked the inaction of the government as the cause of death, "Ocasio-Cortez said. self-identified Socialist Democrat, said on CNN's "State of the Union".

Ocasio-Cortez, whose mother is Puerto Rican and who said her grandfather had died in the storm, said that Puerto Rico's "chronic neglect" was indicative of a colonial relationship between the US government and the US government. # 39; island. This negligence, she said, resulted in a communication breakdown during last year's storm, which killed nearly 3,000 people and devastated the island.

Ocasio-Cortez says that Hurricane Maria has shown that there is a modern colonial relationship between the United States and Puerto Rico: "This is a critical situation in which Puerto Ricans continue to be treated as second-class citizens " #CNNSOTU https://t.co/4tQ4skYgxK pic.twitter.com/Vmw7fdgkIh

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President TrumpDonald John Trump Paul McCartney criticizes Trump in a new song: "We have a crazy captain who sails on this boat" George Conway rips Trump off his tweet about "57 states" The Pompeo bluff doubles his critics on Kerry: it's OK Over the last few days, Australia has stated without proof that the official number of victims of Hurricane Maria, attributable to the Government of Puerto Rico, was 2,975. He also asserted without proof that the Democrats increased the total to make it bad.

The Puerto Rican government has officially increased the death toll from 64 years after a study by George Washington University assessed the six-month period after the storm and determined that nearly 3,000 people died in the hurricane and its deaths. suites.

Trump's comments have been condemned by Puerto Rican authorities, Democrats and a handful of Republicans.

The Trump administration has been widely criticized for its response to Hurricane Maria last year, when the storm devastated the island and paralyzed its infrastructure.