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Bernie Sanders: “Should two months after these disasters half the people in Puerto Rico and some 70, 80 percent of the people in the…”

On the recordNovember 13, 2017
Should two months after these disasters half the people in Puerto Rico and some 70, 80 percent of the people in the Virgin Islands, still not have electricity?
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Expressing concern over the lack of electricity restoration post-disasters.

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