Claim: "Puerto Rico's electric grid and their electric generating plant was dead before the storms ever hit. It was in very bad shape. It was in bankruptcy. It had no money. It was largely -- you know, it was largely closed."
Fact-check: Puerto Rico power grid was weak, not dead, before hurricanes
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Manuela Tobias
Date published: 2018-09-13T00:00:00