Bernie Sanders actually said...

We are the wealthiest, most powerful country in the history of the world. Do we really think that we are doing a great job when half the people in Puerto Rico and 80 percent of the people in the Virgin Islands still don't have electricity two months after the storm?

Context

Questioning the effectiveness of disaster response in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

11/13/2017

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