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greyl

(22,990 posts)
Sat Dec 30, 2017, 03:10 AM Dec 2017

Puerto rico is "broken" 100 days after hurricane maria and trump is no help, locals say


It has been 100 days since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, and the U.S. territory is struggling with scarce resources and strained health care services, with about half of the island still lacking power, officials and residents told Newsweek. The struggles drag on as the death toll from the monster storm keeps rising—possibly topping 1,000 people—and local leaders say President Donald Trump still turns a blind eye to the island's pain.

“He has failed the moral imperative that any leader of the free world should hold at the highest level,” San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz said about the recovery efforts.

“All he needs to do is simple: do his job. I think the world has seen a commander in chief unable to command,” she said.

http://www.newsweek.com/puerto-rico-recovery-100-days-hurricane-maria-760965

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Puerto rico is "broken" 100 days after hurricane maria and trump is no help, locals say (Original Post) greyl Dec 2017 OP
republican part, republican v oters, republican politicians. no heart or soul nt msongs Dec 2017 #1
grinding teeth greyl Dec 2017 #2
Saw her yesterday on the teevee, and she makes a great case, but... TreasonousBastard Dec 2017 #3
I saw it too, and the mayor said that there's about 200,000 people that have relocated to Florida politicaljunkie41910 Dec 2017 #4
That's it. They will never forget this. longship Dec 2017 #5
That is what I was thinking too! BigmanPigman Dec 2017 #6
I bet this instills confidence in the folk of Guam that we are committed to protecting them. Midnight Writer Dec 2017 #7

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
3. Saw her yesterday on the teevee, and she makes a great case, but...
Sat Dec 30, 2017, 03:46 AM
Dec 2017

she is crying into the wilderness.

Charging an "import" tax is the last straw-- if they are willing to do this, they are willing to let the island sink into the sea.

Is it time for statehood? Not right now, but let's see how November goes...

politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts)
4. I saw it too, and the mayor said that there's about 200,000 people that have relocated to Florida
Sat Dec 30, 2017, 03:54 AM
Dec 2017

and they have registered to vote, and their relatives who already lived there in Florida vote as well, and they will never forget this.

longship

(40,416 posts)
5. That's it. They will never forget this.
Sat Dec 30, 2017, 04:52 AM
Dec 2017

Drumpf thinks Puerto Rico has a President and is a different country. And the rest of the GOP lines up behind the idiot.

BigmanPigman

(51,626 posts)
6. That is what I was thinking too!
Sat Dec 30, 2017, 04:53 AM
Dec 2017

I hope they all vote (and their relatives and friends). We need to keep reminding everyone about the cruel, sociopathic policies by the GOP and the Moron until the midterms.

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