How Trump Tried To Rescue Texas and Abandoned Puerto Rico

Midday on WNYC | Mar 30, 2018

Danny Vinik, assistant editor of “The Agenda” at Politico, discusses his recent investigation, “How Trump favored Texas over Puerto Rico.” Through a review of public documents, newly obtained FEMA records and interviews with more than 50 people involved with disaster response, Vinik found that the Trump administration — and the president himself — responded far more aggressively to Texas after Hurricane Harvey than to Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria.

This segment is guest hosted by Jonathan Capehart.

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