Wealthy politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez faced a brewing backlash on social media this week after lamenting over her grandmother’s poor living conditions in Puerto Rico from her lavish lifestyle in Washington, DC.
“Just over a week ago, my abuela fell ill. I went to Puerto Rico to see her- my 1st time in a year+ bc of COVID. This is her home. Hurricane María relief hasn’t arrived. Trump blocked relief $ for PR. People are being forced to flee ancestral homes, & developers are taking them,” posted AOC on Twitter.
“We immediately got to work reaching out to community advocates and leaders and following the money. What’s happening to Puerto Ricans is systemic. Much of it can be traced to La Junta, aka the Wall Street-connected fiscal control board that the US gave power to over the island,” she added.
“In the aftermath of María, the Trump admin oversaw two key items: handing millions in public $ to unqualified donor pals (ex Whitefish). The other was to impose extremely difficult eligibility rules for Puerto Ricans, which allowed mass rejections of recovery fund applications,” concluded the Congresswoman.
June 03, 2021 at 08:33AM - The First
Rich Marxist AOC Dragged for Complaining About Her Grandma’s Poor Living Conditions in Puerto Rico
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