Cuomo suggests Trump response to Puerto Rican hurricane was ‘discriminatory’
"What the federal government did after Hurricane Maria is basically abandon the people of
The governor, while acknowledging he can't prove the charge, noted that people of "a different skin color, different language (were) treated as second-class citizens."
Cuomo blasted
The truth, according to Cuomo, was that Trump needed no help in that regard.
"Three-thousand people lost their lives, and he calls it a success," said Cuomo. "How many people have to die for you to call it a failure? It is disturbing. It is outrageous. And by the way, the people of
The Puerto Rican government recently raised the official death toll from 64 to 2,975 based on an independent study that determined people who perished in the hurricane aftermath were dramatically undercounted.
The
The 3,000 estimate came from public health officials rather than the press or politicians.
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