Puerto Rico Gov: Trump refuses meeting over hurricane relief
The Democratic governor, who has been reluctant to lash out at the Trump administration at times, said the Republican president himself bears responsibility for the slow pace of disaster relief.
"Eventually the buck has to stop somewhere," Rossello said Friday on the opening day of the
While the governor's team has been in regular contact with federal officials, Rossello said he made public and private requests in recent weeks to meet with the president. The
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Rossello said he hoped to address
"There is no movement," Rossello said. "We really need action right now."
He compared the pace of recovery with the effort after Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the
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Some Puerto Rican Trump critics have suggested bigotry as a factor behind the Trump administration's lack of attention to the
Rossello would not say one way or another whether he suspected racism.
"I would hope that in this time in
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