Trump, Without Evidence, Accuses Puerto Rico Of Abusing Hurricane Relief Funds
Source: HUFF POST
10/23/2018 02:38 pm ET
San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz quickly responded to the president’s latest smear.
President Donald Trump has yet to run out of criticism for Puerto Rico and its government officials, 13 months after Hurricane Maria’s devastation. The president on Tuesday accused the island territory’s leaders of using federal relief funds to pay off “other obligations,” without evidence. ..................................................................
“The U.S. will NOT bail out long outstanding & unpaid obligations with hurricane relief money!” he continued.
The president did not specify where he believed the funds were going, but appeared to be referring to the island’s longstanding financial crisis. Puerto Rico’s debt problems preceded last year’s deadly Hurricane Maria, which claimed nearly 3,000 lives, and has been the president’s scapegoat for incomplete recovery efforts.
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It was unclear where Trump got the idea that Puerto Rican officials were attempting to alleviate the island’s $70 billion debt with federal relief money.
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Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/san-juan-mayor-tells-trump-we-finally-agree-on-something-about-puerto-rico_us_5bcf47d2e4b0a8f17ef0f2a1
Trump continuously picks on folks he does not like--out of the blue many times.
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of the Constitution has the audacity to say that the U.S.territory is "abusing the hurricane funds------------------more deflection there asshole...............were are coming for you asshole. no matter how the media is starting to say that your "nationalist" party is getting closer to the "blue wave, I don't believe it ......................fuck them also............
November 2018 cannot get here fast enough......................vote
