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EXCLUSIVE: 'It's a problem here in Puerto Rico - not with Washington.' AOC's aunt says Trump is NOT to blame for lack of aid to the struggling island after the congresswoman bashed the former president for damage to her grandmother's home
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shared images on social media last week showing her grandmother's severely damaged house in Puerto Rico
She blamed the damage on former President Donald Trump for blocking aid to the island ravaged by Hurricane Maria
Conservative Matt Walsh raised more than $104,000 to help repair the home, but the congresswoman refused it!!
DailyMail.com tracked down the 81-year-old's home to a quiet community just outside the coastal city of Arecibo on Puerto Rico's north coast
Blue tarps are seen atop her grandmother's home, which appears to still sustain damage since the passing of Hurricane Maria and Hurricane Irma
A woman who identified herself as AOC's aunt told us, 'We are private people, we don't talk about our family. We don't speak for the community'
Her aunt said: 'In this area people need a lot of help. Many people have needed it for the past four years and haven't had anything'
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.
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