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With Hurricane Season Looming, Trump Is Blocking Relief Funds and Mocking Puerto Rico
On Monday, he tweeted that the islands residents should be very happy.
Nathalie Baptiste
In the two hurricane seasons since Donald Trump was elected president, the United States was hit by five major hurricanes, including Hurricane Maria, which devastated Puerto Rico in 2017. In the immediate aftermath of the record-breaking storm, Trump accused the mayor of San Juan of poor leadership and suggested Puerto Ricans werent doing enough to help themselves. Nearly two years later, Trump is still criticizing Puerto Rico with misleading descriptions of what has transpired since the storm.
Link to tweet
Donald J. Trump
?Verified account @realDonaldTrump
8h8 hours ago
....Alabama, Iowa, Nebraska, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and others unless much more money is given to Puerto Rico. The Dems dont want farmers to get any help. Puerto Rico should be very happy and the Dems should stop blocking much needed Disaster Relief!
?Verified account @realDonaldTrump
8h8 hours ago
....Alabama, Iowa, Nebraska, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and others unless much more money is given to Puerto Rico. The Dems dont want farmers to get any help. Puerto Rico should be very happy and the Dems should stop blocking much needed Disaster Relief!
His disdain for the island and its leadership has bled into a fight in the Senate over disaster relief for victims of the 2018 hurricane season.
Since March, Congress has been working on an aid package to assist victims of recent floods, wildfires, and hurricanes. Last October, the first Category 5 hurricane since 1992s Hurricane Andrew made landfall near Mexico Beach in the Florida Panhandle. Seven months, 59 deaths, and $25 billion in damage later, Congress has yet to send a relief package to the Floridians affected by the storm. Lawmakers havent been able to agree on a finalized deal because Republicans, following Trumps lead, have rejected measures that include more funding relief for Puerto Rico, where torrential rain and extreme winds caused catastrophic damage, including a major power grid failure and nearly 3,000 deaths.
That whole bill is being jeopardized because of pettiness, Al Cathey, the mayor of Mexico Beach, told the Washington Post last month.
In Puerto Rico, crumbling infrastructure was made worse by the powerful hurricane. A year and a half later, residents are still waiting on funds to repair hospitals, roads, and public schools. On the mainland, Hurricane Michael victims are also in dire straits. Many residents in Bay County, Florida, home to Mexico Beach, are still living in tents and trailers. Debris still lines the streets of Mexico Beach, and some residents continue to live in severely damaged homes. Because of Congress delay, many of the short-term aid programs have run out. Just before the six-month anniversary of the storm, the housing vouchers that allowed victims to stay in hotels expired, leaving 250 households scrambling to find other shelters. We are truly the forgotten storm, Bay County Commissioner Philip Griffitts told the Miami Herald.
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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/05/with-hurricane-season-looming-trump-is-blocking-relief-funds-and-mocking-puerto-rico/
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With Hurricane Season Looming, Trump Is Blocking Relief Funds and Mocking Puerto Rico (Original Post)
babylonsister
May 2019
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D_Master81
(1,822 posts)1. Probably over half his voters dont know
that PR ispart of the U.S.
tanyev
(42,540 posts)2. "Those ungrateful wretches don't even appreciate how cool I was tossing paper towels."