Mark-Viverito: Trump Is ‘Implementing Racist Policy’

MARK VIVERITO: "Not at all. I was there Sunday which is basically three or four days after the storm hit. Unfortunately there was no federal officials. Definitely FEMA reps in a convention center, which was the base of operations. I didn’t see anything on the field in terms of personnel. It’s now almost two weeks later. Now we’re seeing some sort of resources being put, talking about the Jones act, only a ten day waiver. It doesn’t make sense what’s being done. Again, it has to be much more aggressive. I agree with the candidate who is talking about the dereliction of duty. This is irresponsible. This is on his watch and he still does not seem to care. That’s what we have. Somebody who does not have empathy, who doesn’t care, who is implementing racist policies, who doesn’t care. Hat the lives on the virgin Islands or Puerto Rico doesn’t deserve our attention or seriousness and that’s not something we’ll let him get away with. I’m using my platform to raise the voice to hold him accountable teen call it for what is it and I would hope that every representative on the island would do the same thing. We have a first and moral responsibility to the Puerto rican people on tiled. This is not about groveling. This is not about saying this is the right thing what the federal government is doing is enough. I would hope we can hear that level of urgency from all aspects of government on the island. Mayor of San Juan is doing it. She’s standing up for the people. Not just for the constituents of her city. She’s the voice for all Puerto Ricans who are outraged at the double standard. This is definitely leading to a loss of lives."