Schumer blasts Trump’s ‘bloviating’ Florida Panhandle rally

Published May 9, 2019 3:18pm ET



President Trump at his recent Florida rally lied about federal disaster aid provided to Puerto Rico, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said.

Schumer, D-N.Y., called Trump’s comments at the Panama City Beach rally “all the usual demagoguery and bloviating,” and challenged Trump’s claim that hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico received $91 billion in federal disaster aid. Schumer said the U.S. territory has been provided only $11 billion so far.

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