At this point there is zero reason anyone in Puerto Rico is without necessary nutrition. [View all]

[Weekend Warrior]

It's simply inexcusable.

I have already received over one thousand dollars from the federal government for Irma relief. It's been in my account for days. During the immediate aftermath, neighbors were helping neighbors, school cafeterias were being used to distribute food, and thousands of workers came from out of state to help us out. The federal government has flooded so much money into the pockets of our people that our economy won't even see a downturn. In fact, when the numbers come in, we will show an economic uptick because of all of the funds.

We were not hit anywhere near as hard as PR. Not even close. What was needed was done, or being done. Our community flushed with money so our economy doesn't take a major hit. A lot of these funds will go to our extremely large service industry employees who were forced by their employers to take one to two weeks off. More often than not without pay.

Then there is PR. Money is a different story there though it has to be a part of it. They need more in-depth and logistical support. Hubs for food and water all over the place. In the rural areas where travel is even more difficult we should have been doing air drops on day two. Barges should already be lined up removing the enormous amount of debris on the island. Clear the roads and get the debris out. Military and private engineers should already have finished their assessment of the road structures on the island. The main airport should have been cleared quickly and military assets used in the communications aspect. Anyone with a place to stay off of the island should have already been removed. Get them out of there and the scope of the humanitarian crisis shrinks.

The list goes on and on. It requires a robust federal response. We are behind the ball and people will die because of it. People will suffer greatly because of it.

Fuck Trump. He is a terrorist and killer of American citizens. I truly mean both of those things. Even under conservative principles, the federal governments main job is to protect its citizens. He terrorizes POC, LBGQT, women, and now american citizens who have gone through the worst of a natural disaster. He calls white supremacists good people while labeling Mexicans criminals. There is absolutely no excuse for his actions. None. He is not only a failure as a President, he is a failure as a human being.