'Crazed and incompetent': Trump hits out at Puerto Rican leaders after disaster bill fails
Source: WaPo
Hours after the Senate voted down a disaster relief package that Democrats argued didnt include enough money to help storm-ravaged Puerto Rico, President Trump took to Twitter on Monday night to hit out at the opposition party and the islands leaders.
Trump, who has reportedly said in private that he doesnt want another single dollar going to Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria, again complained about funding for the island and called San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, a frequent critic, crazed and incompetent.
The Democrats today killed a Bill that would have provided great relief to Farmers and yet more money to Puerto Rico despite the fact that Puerto Rico has already been scheduled to receive more hurricane relief funding than any place in history, Trump tweeted around 11 p.m. The people of Puerto Rico are GREAT, but the politicians are incompetent or corrupt.
Trumps late-night outburst suggests there wont be an easy resolution to the political dispute holding up federal money for those deluged in Midwestern floods and hit by other recent natural calamities. While disaster relief is traditionally bipartisan, Trumps reluctance to pay more toward Puerto Ricos recovery has opened a gulf between the parties.
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watoos
(7,142 posts)it apparently has a lot to spare.
Submariner
(12,504 posts)and he stuck PR with the $33 million bankruptcy loss to add on to its already smothering debt. Wish he would just choke on a big mac and die.
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)No it hasn't been in the past 10 years.
Under Obama's 8 years, the GOP consistently refused to fund and/or tried to block providing aid to ANY states that experienced disasters but had voted for Obama or areas in other states that were blue.
As an example, here is a run down from 2013 and before illustrating just that type of GOP nasty and arrogant behavior -
http://www.msnbc.com/hardball/flashback-gop-has-history-blocking-disa
BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)I hate the greedy hypocrites....GOP!
Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)Last edited Tue Apr 2, 2019, 10:02 AM - Edit history (1)
SeattleVet
(5,477 posts)Fixed it:
"Crazed and Incompetent tRump hits out at Puerto Rican Leaders After Disaster Bill Fails"