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Hortensis

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21. Their response is depraved indifference to life AT BEST.

Sun Feb 11, 2018, 11:25 AM

Feb 2018

I strongly suspect it's worse than that, that abandonment and all its consequences are intended.

Almost all that has been done for PR has been because of pressure by the Democratic Party and good people who cared and continued to care, private citizens and agencies. Far, far too little for the giant scope of this disaster of course, but does anyone imagine the funding bill just passed would have included significant aid for PR if it weren't for the Democrats in congress using Repub desperation as leverage to get it in?

Btw, Maria hit PR and VI around September 19. On October 1 the Las Vegas shootings occurred, and almost all coverage of the ongoing deaths and desperation in Puerto Rico disappeared from screen media. And thus from the minds of most Americans as old news months ago. It wasn't political pressure that caused our Democratic representatives to continue fighting the Republicans for more aid to PR and VI.

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K&R... spanone Feb 2018 #2

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That's not an 'error'. At best, it's criminal negligence. tanyev Feb 2018 #5

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Lock up these criminal thieves. lark Feb 2018 #9

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If she didn't get it, where is the money? lark Feb 2018 #19

I don't know. I haven't seen a chart or Ilsa Feb 2018 #22

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It's not just the looting and stealing of government funds for brown people pandr32 Feb 2018 #27

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I think you're absolutely right. jmowreader Feb 2018 #34

Gotta' say.............. MyOwnPeace Feb 2018 #10

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Always Republican. nt MsLeopard Feb 2018 #16

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Voluntary -- not involuntary -- manslaughter. nt ancianita Feb 2018 #20

Their response is depraved indifference to life AT BEST. Hortensis Feb 2018 #21

I hate to sound like the Alex Jones of the Left... jmowreader Feb 2018 #31

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Tiffany Brown should face charges, Tipperary Feb 2018 #38

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