San Juan mayor: Relief effort not about Trump's 'petty comments'

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill



BY JULIA MANCHESTER - 09/30/17 10:34 AM EDT

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San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz responded to an attack from President Trump on Saturday, saying the hurricane relief effort is not about politics or "petty comments."

"It's not about politics, it's not about petty comments, it's about moving forward, putting boots on the ground and saving lives," Cruz told MSNBC's Joy Reid on "AM Joy." Cruz's comments come after the president took to Twitter on Saturday, claiming that Democrats told Cruz to attack Trump and slamming her for "poor leadership."

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"Actually, I was asking for help. I wasn't saying anything nasty about the president," Cruz responded.

"This is a time when everyone shows their true colors. I have no time for distractions. All I have is time for people to move forward, to get help," she continued. "I will continue to do what I have to do, say what I have to say, compliment the people that I have to compliment, and call out the people that I need to call out," Cruz added.


Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/353230-san-juan-mayor-recovery-effort-is-not-about-politics-and-petty

[Paladin]

1. trump's not in the Mayor's league. And he never will be.

Hope he keeps taking time out of his golfing weekend to aim insults at her. He's looking smaller and smaller.

[riversedge]

2. Trump needs to publicly apologize to the Mayor and the citizens of PR.........

not holding my breath!

[Stuart G]

5. Yes, he really needs to apologize..it would show a little class, but.....

he has none....no class at all.............................................

......and I can't imagine that he will apologize and do the correct thing..

[True_Blue]

3. This is what a competent leader looks like

[Corgigal]

4. Rise adult

Tell the world.

[FirstLight]

6. Just when I thought it could't get worse...

I mean,the TOTAL disconnect yesterday between REALITY for the suffering PR Americans and "Trumpvision" ("we're getting great reviews." ..."It's going well" "it's a good news story"...?WTF)
THAT was bad enough,
watching the Mayor call them ALL out was awesome...

And then Trump just HAD to get his"last word" in this morning... (between breakfast and tee-time?)


Thank goodness this woman has such strength of character and integrity...and thank goodness she had the brains to stay focused and show true leadership in crisis. I sincerely wish the UN would step in...


the worst part?
It's not over...we are all going to be rolling our eyeballs out of our skulls by the end of the weekend...I'm sure of it...

[TomCADem]

7. Yup, here is the woman Trump is attacking as being lazy...

...and spending all her time conducting TV interviews...