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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ‘s angry tweet about her grandmother’s damaged home in Puerto Rico and accusations about ‘blocked’ Hurricane Maria aid sparked a new storm – with one right-wing commentator starting a GoFundMe page that raised $104,000 to help her ‘abuela’.
But the fiery congresswoman might not have the unequivocal support of one member of her family for her online outburst.
AOC tweeted two pictures of grandmother Clotilde Rivera’s ruined ceiling with the words: ‘Just over a week ago, my abuela fell ill. I went to Puerto Rico to see her – my 1st time in a year+ bc of COVID.
‘This is her home. Hurricane Maria help hasn’t arrived. Trump blocked relief $ for PR….
‘And for the record – my abuela is doing okay. It’s not about us, but about what’s happening to Puerto Ricans across the island.’
DailyMail.com tracked down 81-year-old Clotilde’s home to a quiet community just outside the picturesque coastal city of Arecibo – located 40 miles west from capital San Juan – on the island’s beautiful north coast.
And when we politely approached the two-story flat-roofed residence, we were met by a woman who told us emphatically after viewing AOC’s tweets: ‘I am her aunt. We don’t speak for the community.’ The relative, who refused to give her name, added: ‘We are private people, we don’t talk about our family.’ Ironically for AOC, she also refused to blame former President Donald Trump for thousands of Hurricane Maria victims being unable to get money to repair shattered homes.
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However she did express sympathy for those who still need help after the 2017 disaster, which damaged 90 per cent of the island’s 1.3million dwellings and killed 2,975 people.
The area where AOC’s grandmother lives experienced some of the worst devastation on the island when the category 5 storm swept through after making landfall on September 20. AOC’s Puerto Rican-born mother Blanca Cortez (pictured) now lives in Eustis, Florida, and Clotilde has lived with her there. Her US-born father Sergio Ocasio Roman died of cancer in 2008 while she was at Boston CollegeHer aunt said: ‘In this area people need a lot of help. Many […]
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