The retired Lt Gen Honore, who oversaw the response to Katrina, when asked about Trump’s tweets: “The Mayor is living on a cot, and I hope the President has a good day at golf.”
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Of course he went off on the mayor of San Juan. She hit the trifecta. Woman. Brown. Hispanic.
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They are only force multipliers.
The primary trigger is criticism. His inability to handle criticism without having a tantrum is something to behold.
He got bored, went back to talking about the NFL.
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Trump laying into het on twitter, while he plays golf. What a peice of ■■■■.
How good was it to see Peter Norman get up for a second place in the 200 metre final. His time 20.06 is still an Aussie record today. Unfortunately due to some blokes deciding to make it a political statement most people don’t even know about him.
Most people don’t know because he supported them and was subsequently shunned for it.
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Carmen Yulin Cruz, the anti-Trump Mayor of San Juan who has used the national spotlight of Hurricane Maria to attack Trump, has a long history of supporting convicted terrorist Oscar Lopez Rivera, a Puerto Rican radical who ran a paramilitary group that waged war against the United States.
Yeah, sounds about right.
Castro
Chavez
What is it about the “progressives” that they support terrorists and dictators so openly?
She’s not a terrorist or dictator, she’s a mayor.
Also, she’s not particularly great, MAGAs have already raked some (fairly stinky) muck onto her, but at least she’s doing her job and at least she’s trying to do something for the people that she’s responsible for.
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Seems the pro-Obama Governor or Peurto Rico is not on the right message…
GOV. RICARDO ROSSELLO: First of all, we are very grateful for the administration. They have responded quickly.
The president has been very attentive to the situation, personally calling me several times. FEMA and the FEMA director have been here in Puerto Rico twice. As a matter of fact, they were here with us today, making sure that all the resources in FEMA were working in conjunction with the central government.
We have been working together. We have been getting results. The magnitude of this catastrophe is enormous. This is going to take a lot of help, a lot of collaboration. So, my call is to congressmen and congresswomen to take action quickly and conclusively with an aid package for Puerto Rico.
We are in the midst of potentially having a humanitarian crisis here in Puerto Rico which would translate to a humanitarian crisis in the United States. So, I call upon Congress to take action immediately. You know, Puerto Ricans are proud U.S. citizens.
On Saturday, the Associated Press reported:
Rossello and other officials praised the federal government for planning its response in detail before the storm hit, a contrast with what Puerto Rico has long seen as the neglect of 3.4 million Americans living in a territory without a vote in Congress or the electoral college.
“This is the first time we get this type of federal coordination,” said Resident Commission Jenniffer Gonzalez, Puerto Rico’s non-voting representative in Washington.
And as to nothing being done to help them out…
A FEMA press release detailed some of the relief headed towards Puerto Rico:
Six commercial barges transported and delivered meals, water, generators, cots, and other commodities to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
An air bridge is established, flying three flights per day to St. Croix, each carrying approximately 33,000 meals.
The logistics support ship SS Wright arrived carrying more than 1.1 million meals, and nearly one million liters of freshwater.
Two shipping barges with 1.2 million liters of water, 31 generators, and more than 6,000 cots arrived in St. Thomas.
Two additional shipping barges loaded with food, water, and emergency relief supplies are en route to the Caribbean Sea from Florida.
Millions of additional meals are being flown to Puerto Rico from staging areas in Kentucky and Florida.
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is transporting a shipment of 124,000 gallons of diesel fuel to Puerto Rico, with arrival in the coming days.
It may not be obvious to the media, but one of the difficulties in getting supplies to Puerto Rico is that it’s an island 1200+ nautical miles from Miami, the closest major U.S. port.
Clearing the ports takes time, and getting supplies for 3.4 million people by plane into devastated airports isn’t a real option.
Stars and Stripes reports that the Defense Department has already sent 2,600 personnel to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands to assist in recovery.
All the pearl clutching progressives have been crying into the lattes over what Trump tweeted and yet it appears that he was correct.
The Associated Press explains this is a cold, hard reality for Puerto Rico:
The island’s infrastructure was in sorry shape long before Maria struck. A $73 billion debt crisis has left agencies like the state power company broke. As a result the power company abandoned most basic maintenance in recent years, leaving the island subject to regular blackouts.
A federal control board overseeing Puerto Rico’s finances authorized up to $1 billion in local funds to be used for hurricane response, but the governor said he would ask for more.
“We’re going to request waivers and other mechanisms so Puerto Rico can respond to this crisis,” Rossello said. “Puerto Rico will practically collect no taxes in the next month.”
Link to one of WP’s article here:
Can you at least source them in future?
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Peter Norman was the only living former Australian Olympian to not be invited to attend the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
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So Trump blames the Democrats for the Mayor’s criticisms and the senior Democrat on the island praising Trump proves Trump right.
I remember being absolutely astounded when I first read that.
The AOC are a piece of sh*t. Norman represented Australia brilliantly but got caught up in something that was out of his control yet they chose to punish him. First by not selecting him for Munich then by continuing to shun him for the rest of his life.
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Actually that wasn’t where the info came from, but you know, whatever makes your panties bunch up.
Here is the link https://pjmedia.com/trending/2017/09/25/puerto-ricos-governor-dismantles-media-attacks-trumps-response-hurricane-irma/
Or how about this one… http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/neighboring-mayor-praises-trump-says-san-juan-mayor-playing-politics-awol-at-meetings/article/2636185
The mayor of a Puerto Rican city that sits next to San Juan praised the administration’s help Saturday night, and chided the “politics” of San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz, who has been criticizing President Trump.
In an interview with Secrets, Guaynabo Mayor Angel Perez Otero said that in several meetings with FEMA and U.S. military officials about the recovery effort, Yulin Cruz has been absent. “I’ve seen other mayors participating. She’s not,” said Perez Otero.
What?? It goes against the Democrats/progressive/left narrative that Trump isn’t doing anything but playing golf!
Peter Norman was a hero. Great anecdote on him shared by John Carlos:
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It’s a brilliant gesture.
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Thanks for that.
