“We are dying here.”
In the shadow of the recent devastating hurricane season in the area, U.S. territory Puerto Rico has been left practically completely destroyed, with running water, access to food and any type of communication completely dismantled for the majority of the island’s population.
On Friday night, Carmen Yulin Cruz, the Mayor of Puerto Rico’s capital San Juan, made a heartfelt, incredibly powerful speech, asking for aid for her home and her people:
San Juan mayor pleads for federal help after hurricane: “We are dying here”
Read more: https://t.co/MaHffyRIKK pic.twitter.com/LPqpXaFP21
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 30, 2017
On Saturday morning, this was Donald Trump’s response:
The Mayor of San Juan, who was very complimentary only a few days ago, has now been told by the Democrats that you must be nasty to Trump.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2017
…Such poor leadership ability by the Mayor of San Juan, and others in Puerto Rico, who are not able to get their workers to help. They….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2017
…want everything to be done for them when it should be a community effort. 10,000 Federal workers now on Island doing a fantastic job.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2017
The military and first responders, despite no electric, roads, phones etc., have done an amazing job. Puerto Rico was totally destroyed.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2017
People have taken real issue with this, as images have shown Mayor Cruz absolutely in the thick of it in Puerto Rico, attempting to help as many people as she personally can, while also dealing with the landmark crisis that her island is attempting to deal with, as she shows herself in her measured response to Trump’s tweet attack:
The goal is one: saving lives. This is the time to show our “true colors”. We cannot be distracted by anything else. pic.twitter.com/7PAINk19xM
— Carmen Yulín Cruz (@CarmenYulinCruz) September 30, 2017
Meanwhile, Trump is reportedly at a country club playing golf for the weekend, which would apparently make it his 62nd golf-trip since his inauguration:
She has been working 24/7.
You have been GOLFING.
You’re going straight to hell.
Fastest golf cart you ever took. https://t.co/5hOY23MBvQ— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) September 30, 2017
Dear @realDonaldTrump,
While you tweet from your golf club, the Mayor of San Juan is saving lives. You’ve done NOTHING.
Sincerely,
America pic.twitter.com/4c2aBjtXl7— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) September 30, 2017
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