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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Sun Oct 8, 2017, 09:33 AM Oct 2017

FEMA chief on San Juan mayor: We 'filter' out political noise

Source: The Hill

BY MALLORY SHELBOURNE - 10/08/17 09:23 AM EDT

The director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Sunday said FEMA has "filtered out" ongoing criticism about the agency's response to hurricane relief in Puerto Rico from San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, calling it "political noise."

“We filtered out the mayor a long time ago. We don’t have time for the political noise,” FEMA director Brock Long told ABC News when asked about early morning tweets by Cruz.

“Power collapses in San Juan hospital with 2 patients being transferred out. Have requested support from @FEMA_Brock NOTHING! @cnnbrk,” Cruz wrote.

“Power collapses in San Juan hospital with 4 patients now being transferred out. Have requested support from FEMA. NOTHING! @DavidBegnaud,” she wrote in a separate tweet.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/354430-fema-chief-on-puerto-rico-we-have-no-time-for-political-noise

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FEMA chief on San Juan mayor: We 'filter' out political noise (Original Post) DonViejo Oct 2017 OP

They will make her pay ...as well as the people of San Juan ashredux Oct 2017 #1

They just came right out and said it: King_Klonopin Oct 2017 #2

and yet, we are ignoring her, too janterry Oct 2017 #5

They filter out political noise, translated: "our top priority is white people". George II Oct 2017 #3

FEMA is complicit in feet-dragging Marthe48 Oct 2017 #4

Hey Long your an asshole this is not "political noise" jerk and its called pleading for HELP turbinetree Oct 2017 #6

What was his reply when asked if he filtered out Trump's 'political noise'? procon Oct 2017 #7

We filter out cries for HELP too Bengus81 Oct 2017 #8

Check recovery here: http://status.pr/ Marthe48 Oct 2017 #9

devil must have bluestarone Oct 2017 #10

Jeezus. Apple didn't fall far... nt babylonsister Oct 2017 #11

ashredux

(2,606 posts)

1. They will make her pay ...as well as the people of San Juan

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Oct 8, 2017, 09:37 AM

Oct 2017

Trimp is vindictive ......

King_Klonopin

(1,306 posts)

2. They just came right out and said it:

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Oct 8, 2017, 09:50 AM

Oct 2017

"WE ARE IGNORING HER."

Her concerns don't matter. She's a Hispanic woman who refused
to kiss Trumps fat ass. Petty and vindictive taken to the level of
criminal malfeasance.

I can't fathom how any person of color or any woman could vote
for a Republican after the reign of this asshole. King ManBaby.

janterry

(4,429 posts)

5. and yet, we are ignoring her, too

Reply to King_Klonopin (Reply #2)

Sun Oct 8, 2017, 09:59 AM

Oct 2017

I just checked my google news feed and this wasn't the headline. In fact, nothing about PR was in sight.

At least with Bush, Jr. we identified his failings and made changes.

With Trump, it just goes on and on and on.

George II

(67,782 posts)

3. They filter out political noise, translated: "our top priority is white people".

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Oct 8, 2017, 09:56 AM

Oct 2017

Marthe48

(16,963 posts)

4. FEMA is complicit in feet-dragging

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Oct 8, 2017, 09:58 AM

Oct 2017

Rachel Maddow showed video footage of her camera crew DRIVING on a road to Albonito and the road was clear and in good condition to drive. The people asked the crew if they were FEMA. The crew asked if FEMA had been there. Just to have people fill out forms. NO AID. That was Friday night.

These sadistic jerks think they are getting away with torturing the citizens of Puerto Rico, but when the cell phone video starts popping up, along with other sources of filmed reality, the truth will out.

Right now, people might be not be able to call or message, but if they can store information until the battery runs down. If they have a car with gas and a car charger, they can keep recording the fails and send them later.

Such a shame that monsters took over our government.

turbinetree

(24,703 posts)

6. Hey Long your an asshole this is not "political noise" jerk and its called pleading for HELP

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Oct 8, 2017, 11:21 AM

Oct 2017

procon

(15,805 posts)

7. What was his reply when asked if he filtered out Trump's 'political noise'?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Oct 8, 2017, 11:25 AM

Oct 2017

San Juan's Mayor Cruz has been accurate on pretty much everything she's said about the Trump Administration's slow, inadequate response and FEMAs inept efforts to aid the people.

While Brock Long is flinging cheap, ad hominem attacks on Mayor Cruz for pointing out the needs of her constituents, FEMAs own website backs her up, reporting that only 9.2 % of the island has power, only 10.7% of the cell phone towers are working, and just 54.2% of the American citizens there even has access to clean drinking water.

Let's just look at what Brock Long really means when he dismisses the woman who has become a thorn in his side by showing the world how poorly the Trump administration responded to the people on Puerto Rico. Its now 20 days since Hurricane Maria wiped out Puerto Rico:

More than 19,000 federal civilian personnel and military service members, including more than 1,275 FEMA personnel, are on the ground in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands engaged in response and recovery operations from Hurricanes Maria and Irma.

https://www.fema.gov/hurricane-maria

Within days, the number of FEMA employees, other federal agencies, and the National Guard deployed topped 31,000, FEMA said. In addition, FEMA supplied 3 million meals and 3 million liters of water to Texas to be distributed to survivors.

Hurricane Irma: Even more federal personnel responded to Hurricane Irma when it made landfall in Florida on September 10. More than 40,000 federal personnel, including 2,650 FEMA staff, were in place by September 14.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/30/us/puerto-rico-hurricane-recovery/index.html

The reality on the ground shows how badly Trump's FEMA has responded to Puerto Rico's much larger disaster than the earlier hurricane damages. Brock Long has dropped the ball on even providing the basic humanitarian services in a crisis, but he's still blaming the victim for his failures.