Donald Trump got a face full of internet wrath today when he warned that federal emergency workers can't stay "forever" in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico.
He also suggested that the U.S. territory is currently facing a financial crisis “largely of their own making” and infrastructure that was a “disaster” before Hurricane Maria struck on Sept. 20.
"Puerto Rico survived the Hurricanes, now a financial crisis looms largely of their own making." says Sharyl Attkisson. A total lack of.....— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 12, 2017
...accountability say the Governor. Electric and all infrastructure was disaster before hurricanes. Congress to decide how much to spend....— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 12, 2017
...We cannot keep FEMA, the Military & the First Responders, who have been amazing (under the most difficult circumstances) in P.R. forever!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 12, 2017
Mind you, Trump hasn't threatened to pull the FEMA teams down in Texas, Louisiana or Florida after their recent hurricane damage.
Today, the U.S. House passed $36.5B disaster aid package for hurricane and wildfire relief by vote of 353 to 69. All "no" votes were Republicans.
CNN's Jim Acosta tweeted that the comments were a knee-jerk reaction to the mayor of San Juan who spoke about Trump's lackluster response to the disaster in Puerto Rico.
@POTUS your comments about Puerto Rico are unbecoming of a Commander in Chief they seem more to come from a “Hater in Chief”.— Carmen Yulín Cruz (@CarmenYulinCruz) October 12, 2017
Predictably, the wide-ranging responses to Trump's comments included terms like “racist,” “inhumane” and a “heartless monster.”
Note the first tweet below is from the governor of Puerto Rico:
The U.S. citizens in Puerto Rico are requesting the support that any of our fellow citizens would receive across our Nation.— Ricardo Rossello (@ricardorossello) October 12, 2017
Trump woke up this morning and decided to attack Puerto Rico while 84% of the country is still without power and 37% is still without water.— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) October 12, 2017
The 3.4 American citizens in Puerto Rico need our help. Shame on Trump for threatening to abandon them. Unbefitting of a Commander in Chief— Sheila Jackson Lee (@JacksonLeeTX18) October 12, 2017
No one is asking for forever. We are asking to repair the island in the same way we do for any other natural disaster. Stop being inhumane— (((Howard Forman))) (@thehowie) October 12, 2017
Right, because that’s exactly what you said about Texas, Louisiana, and Florida, right? No, that only applies to #PuertoRico! #Racist!— Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) October 12, 2017
Trump has no empathy for Puerto Rico because they are brown Americans surrounded by Big Water. Their lives mean nothing to him.— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) October 12, 2017
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