Ocasio-Cortez: Maria response shows Puerto Ricans `treated like second-class citizens´
(World News USA)

WASHINGTON - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said the death of her grandfather after Hurricane Maria and thousands of others highlight the `chronic neglect` the US government has shown the people of Puerto Rico. “What we saw in Puerto Rico was a mass death of 3,000 people. It was the worst humanitarian crisis in modern American history and many, many people impacted by this storm point to government inaction as the cause of death,â€� Ocasio-Cortez told CNN´s `State of the Union` on Sunday. The progressive darling said her grandfather died in a medical facility in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of the storm, but didn´t elaborate on...