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On the recordJune 6, 2018
The President himself has still not acknowledged the death toll, which we now understand to be higher than those lost on 9/11. This is his Katrina.
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Don Beyer
Democratic · Virginia

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Beyer compares the Puerto Rico crisis to Hurricane Katrina, highlighting the death toll.

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