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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Puerto Rico mayor: Trump 'killing us with inefficiency'
2017-10-01

[Al Jazeera] San Juan's mayor has accused US President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
 and his administration of failing in its relief efforts in the aftermath of hurricanes Maria and Jose, saying the White House is "killing us with inefficiency".

Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz implored Trump on Friday to "make sure somebody is in charge that is up to the task of saving lives", while the president asserted US officials and emergency personnel are working all-out against daunting odds, with "incredible" results.

"We are dying, and you are killing us with the inefficiency," Cruz said during a news conference. "I am begging, begging anyone that can hear us, to save us from dying. This is a people-are-dying story."

Trump has pledged to spare no effort to help Puerto Ricans to recover from the two hurricanes, but has come under great criticism as thousands remain without electricity, water and gas.

The US president lashed out at Cruz in a series of tweets on Saturday, saying the mayor showed "poor leadership".

"They want everything to be done for them when it should be a community effort," Trump said.

Acting homeland security secretary, Elaine Duke, visited the US territory on Friday, surveying the ravaged landscape by helicopter in an hour-long tour, driving past still-flooded streets, twisted billboards, and roofs with gaping holes, offering encouragement to some of the 10,000 emergency personnel she said the US government has on the ground.

Posted by:Fred

#18  ...It is my understanding from a former resident of San Juan that the city's politics can be described as just like Detroit's, only without the morals.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2017-10-01 17:38  

#17  The Media will regret shoving Mayor Cruz into the spotlight
Posted by: Anomalous Sources   2017-10-01 16:52  

#16  FEMA says she refused to attend their meetings. So when the 10,000 containers were delivered to the port there was no plan in place for distribution for her city. This was deliberate a leftist political ploy while people suffer. If the people deal with her appropriately that is a good sign. If not the military can ship the supplies else where in Puerto Rico.
Posted by: Threatch Jeamp8135   2017-10-01 16:29  

#15  If you are feeling generous and give her the benefit of the doubt, you still can't help but notice that Puerto Rico is a big place and all she knows about is a small part of it.
Posted by: James   2017-10-01 13:12  

#14  There are those people that bitch-bitch-bitch------

and there are those that are not attention 'hos and quietly get things done.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2017-10-01 12:29  

#13  Puerto Rico should announce a few special elections for early next year.
(1) Want to be independent still? Want to be a state? Fish or cut bait.
(2) Every Mayor should be up for election again.

We'd all like to see what the people of Puerto Rico think about the Mayors efforts. And let them all think about how much aid they would have gotten and how fast if they weren't so closely connected to the USA.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2017-10-01 12:21  

#12  Well, look. She's got her Michael Kinsley clear frame fag glasses. What more does she have to do?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2017-10-01 11:55  

#11  How many truck drivers are back to work delivering all those goodies? How many of the people are out fixing the roads?



Lady ******** and the horse you rode in on.
Posted by: AlanC   2017-10-01 10:39  

#10  Apparently the Feds didn't send a box cutter so she could open all those supplies behind her. Ungrateful Democrat

BIRM
Posted by: Frank G   2017-10-01 09:48  

#9  Considering you haven't done shit to help yourself either, I hope you starve to death.
Posted by: DarthVader   2017-10-01 09:19  

#8  Let me translate this for you: "I'm incompetent and I don't appreciate being shown up! Where's my graft?"
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2017-10-01 08:49  

#7  A Puerto Rican politician blames... 'inefficiency.' Difficult to make this stuff up.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-10-01 08:13  

#6  smells like projection
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2017-10-01 08:05  

#5  Lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-10-01 06:41  

#4  As we have come to expect, welfare state dog bites feeding hand. She's standing in front of palletized 'free stuff' quite probably shipped in from the mainland. Oh the irony.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-10-01 03:07  

#3  Does she always try to scratch somebody's eyes out as a way of asking them for help?
Posted by: gorb   2017-10-01 03:00  

#2  Complaining about the Free stuff? Her chair is too soft or too hard. Where are the cherries on top? She was expecting flowers and a new car? Complaining that her new skateboard is the wrong color?

Is the water lemon flavored? She only likes Lemon flavored water.

How much of what we send is she gonna sell? WHY were we expected to send her anything? Tell her to ask the EU where is their "fair share"? Or perhaps China owes her more or somebody else. Where are the swizel sticks?
Tell her to take the bus next time.
Posted by: Glalet Scourge of the Boskonians5304   2017-10-01 02:36  

#1  *ucking mayor thinking she's talking to The President of the United States?
How do you count votes when you're dead?
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-10-01 00:42  

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