Bill Clinton stumps for Hillary in ailing Puerto Rico, vows to push equal treatment
Great to see Bill in Puerto Rico
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Bill Clinton stumps for Hillary in ailing Puerto Rico, vows to push equal treatment
AP
May 18, 2016
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO – Former U.S. President Bill Clinton promised Puerto Ricans on Tuesday that his wife, Hillary Clinton, will fight for equal treatment of the economically struggling U.S. territory if she’s elected president.
He also said she backs immediate action to restructure the island’s $70 billion public debt as the local government warns it is running out of money for essential services.
“She believes that the United States has failed to provide truly equal and adequate treatment to the people of Puerto Rico,” he said to applause from a crowd clutching umbrellas under a searing sun. “This country is supposed to work for everyone, and that includes the people of Puerto Rico.”
Clinton visited the island ahead of the June 5 primary, and officials say the Democratic presidential candidate herself will come before the vote. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders visited on Monday.
Clinton said that his wife would seek to reduce Puerto Rico’s dependence on oil to lower expensive power bills and that she s
upports the right of Puerto Ricans to vote in presidential elections since they’re U.S. citizens.
