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Wrapped in Scandal: Puerto Rico Governor Denies Reports He’s Stepping Down, Impeachment Proceedings Begin

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Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello and his office have seen protests for the past 12 days after text messages between him and his staff were revealed that contained offensive language. Many of his staff have already resigned. Today, many news outlets reported that his resignation was imminent, but his public affairs secretary, Anthony Maceira, denied those reports earlier. “Rosselló hasn’t resigned and is presently in Puerto Rico,” the statement read.

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According to a local report which is in Spanish, (only 10% of the island speaks English) impeachment proceedings have begun by the State House leader, Johnny Mendez.

Translated: Johnny Mendez notified him @ricardorossello that the residency process had begun

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President Trump had weighed in on Monday, “The governor is not good,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “The U.S. gave Puerto Rico $92 billion and it’s in the hands of terrible and corrupt people…You have grossly incompetent leadership.”

Rossello, who is a Democrat, describes himself on Twitter as the Governor of Puerto Rico & President of the New Progressive Party. They are a party that advocates statehood for Puerto Rico. In a Tweet yesterday, he claimed to still be working for the people.

Translated: I signed House Project 2112 to centralize purchases in the Government of Puerto Rico through a single Auction Board and Senate Project 1327 to extend the OGP deadline for evaluating pre-retirement applications until August 1, 2019.

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A couple of days ago Rosello was on Shep Smith and was asked by Shep if he wants to apologize on his show. It can be seen in the video clip below:

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