San Juan Mayor Cruz on 'Big Mouth' Trump: 'He's Taken All of His Anger Out on Puerto Rico'

Source: Mediate




by Justin Baragona | 11:05 pm, October 12th, 2017

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Following the tweets, Cruz responded via Twitter by calling Trump the “hater in chief” and stating that the Puerto Rican people will not be left to die. Thursday evening, she appeared on CNN and explained to anchor Don Lemon that Trump is treating Puerto Rico differently than the rest of the United States.

“He’s treating Puerto Rico different than the U.S treated Haiti,” Cruz said, referencing America’s response to a Haitian earthquake. “For some reason, he’s taken all of his anger out in Puerto Rico.” She added, “We have paid our dues, and there are American citizens here in Puerto Rico. This is a nation. There’s a big disconnect between the big heart of the volunteers and the people that are here working on the ground and, frankly, the big mouth of the President of the United States. It continues to add insult to injury.”

Lemon also asked Cruz about House Speaker Paul Ryan essentially backing Trump’s tweets when the congressman said that Puerto Rico needs to “stand on its own two feet” regarding its fiscal problems.

“I think this is like a virus,” she responded. “People start getting the illness from one place to the other.”

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