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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWill Hurricane Maria Defeat Donald Trump?
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/09/20/will_hurricane_maria_defeat_donald_trump_141303.html?fbclid=IwAR0Abpd18DMpdKHHijA70vZ30TD0NPP_A2cDPlqHJT9HJTjFYTTuN_0aQsYWill Hurricane Maria Defeat Donald Trump?
By Michael R. Caputo
A former senior campaign adviser to President Trump, Michael Caputo is managing director of Zeppelin Communications.
September 20, 2019
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By credible estimates, 100,000 displaced Puerto Ricans have moved to Florida and registered to vote since Hurricane Maria largely destroyed their island. Orlando-area Democrats are accomplishing this with a continuing registration drive along the I-4 corridor, including official government outreach efforts.
By most analyses, the state is a must-win for the president. With a hundred thousand additional Puerto Rican voters enflamed by a smart Democrat strategy, it's an imaginable loss.
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The 78 municipalities of Puerto Rico suffered billions of dollars in damage, and they are being abused perhaps the most. Because it looks like less than 10% of damages will be paid by insurers, and since the rest cant be recovered from FEMA, many cities will likely go bankrupt. Essential services will collapse. This alone will destroy Puerto Rico.
Maria also destroyed hundreds of high-rise apartment buildings, a popular housing option here. Condo boards got "take it or leave it" offers of less than 10% of damages, too, and today countless families are living in terrible conditions. Their buildings may never be repaired, and the value these families built up in their properties will vanish.
Destroying the core savings of Puerto Rico's families can stall the island's already-troubled economy all by itself, but in concert with bankrupted municipalities and a failed electricity grid, this perfect storm can finish off an island decimated by Hurricane Maria -- and may swamp President Trump's re-election effort in its wake.
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Will Hurricane Maria Defeat Donald Trump? (Original Post)
babylonsister
Sep 2019
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Wounded Bear
(58,757 posts)1. Well, it didn't appear to help much in 2018...
we'll see I guess. I hope it's true and we can win Fla. They definitely screwed us on the felon voting law.
Karadeniz
(22,599 posts)2. I sure wish this will be how things work out!