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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSan Juan Mayor Rips Trump's Puerto Rico Boast: He's 'Lying Through His Teeth'
by Caleb Howe | Aug 29th, 2018, 4:59 pm
San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz appeared on MSNBC Live today with host Ali Velshi to discuss President Donald Trumps remarks today on news that the death toll in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria was actually 2,975, rather than the previous official toll of 64. Trump said the government did a fantastic job. Cruz vehemently disagreed.
Velshi first pointed out that Cruz has said ever since the disaster first struck the island that the response was inadequate, and since the death toll numbers were reported last year that the government was not telling the truth about the numbers. He asked whether she felt vindicated by the new information.
First of all, this is a very painful day and shameful day for Puerto Rico, I hoped I wasnt right, said Cruz. She said the President and the White House giving themselves accolades proves they just dont get it. These are 2,975 people that will no longer see the light of day. These are parents, children, grandchildren, grandparents. People whose lives will never be the same, and the onset of fear and lack of dignity in which the Trump Administration continues to treat the people of Puerto Rico makes you mad, makes you angry, and makes you realize that this man, its not that he doesnt want to get it, is that he is incapable of feeling solidarity and empathy.
Velshi played then a clip of the President today remarking on there having already been a problem with power in Puerto Rico, and that his administration has put a lot of money into Puerto Rico and that most of the people appreciate what weve done.
The Presidents implication that the electricity generation was not there before the hurricane, I think thats just entirely not true, said Velshi.
Well its a lie, replied Cruz. He just simply is lying through his teeth.
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San Juan Mayor Rips Trump's Puerto Rico Boast: He's 'Lying Through His Teeth' (Original Post)
DonViejo
Aug 2018
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