Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló tangled with Fox News host Shepard Smith during his first one-on-one interview since scandal engulfed his governorship more than a week ago
Embattled Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló tangled with Fox News host Shepard Smith on Monday during his first one-on-one interview since scandal engulfed his governorship more than a week ago.
Protesters on the island have taken to the streets every day for the last 10 days to demand Rosselló’s resignation, with crowds estimated in the tens of thousandsRosselló said he was ditching his reelection plans to “focus on the job at hand,” outlining anti-corruption proposals after going through “a process of introspection.
“Well again I've apologized for all that,” the governor said of the text leaks. “I am making amends for all those efforts —”“For all of the comments that I made on the chat. And that is one thing. There is another effort that needs to move forward which is the battling of corruption,” Rosselló said, before being cut off again.
At one point in the exchange, Rosselló struggled as Smith pushed him to name just one person on the island who had come forward in his defense. He finally named a local mayor, Javier Jiménez of San Sebastián. But CBS NewsSmith pointed to the sheer size of the demonstrations in Puerto Rico’s capital city and noted that it ranked among the island’s largest ever.
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