NBC’s Mott: Things Are Probably Not as Dire as San Juan Mayor Described

‘ — the truth is usually somewhere in the middle’

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MOTT: "Yeah, hey there, Chuck. You know, when you have an argument like this, the truth is usually somewhere in the middle. And I suspect that that’s the case here in Puerto Rico. Things are not clearly as rosy as perhaps the president and the administration would have people believe. There is aid here, there’s no doubt about that. And on the flip side, things are probably not as dire as the mayor— made it sound the other night that— the administration, in effect, is killing people down here. People have died, obviously. But making the connection between people dying and lack of aid and food and water here, that’s probably a debatable point. But I can tell you this, Chuck. I’ve covered a lot of these storms and the aftermath of these storms. Life here is very, very hard. It is bad. There’s no question about that. But that is the usual case after a major hurricane like Puerto Rico experienced with Maria. The thing is that we have not seen here is usually, 11 days out, as we are at this point after Maria, you see a lot more infrastructure in place, supplies, runs down the highway, convoys of military officials. We’re not quite seeing that."

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