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Elizabeth Warren: “Right here in Puerto Rico, an island that's been devastated both by a financial crisis and by twin hurricanes, right now…”

On the recordJanuary 21, 2019
Right here in Puerto Rico, an island that's been devastated both by a financial crisis and by twin hurricanes, right now has a government that is taking money off the island in order to send it to Wall Street.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren criticizes the government for prioritizing Wall Street over the needs of Puerto Rico, which has suffered from financial and natural disasters.

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