San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz responded Tuesday to the President’s claim that the federal response to the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Maria on the island was a “success.” Cruz, a vocal critic of the response, also gave an interview with Newsweek that was published Tuesday.
Success? Federal response according to Trump in Puerto Rico a success? If he thinks the death of 3,000 people os a success God help us all.
— Carmen Yulín Cruz (@CarmenYulinCruz) September 11, 2018
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On some level he knows it was no success at all. What he’s saying here is the experience of Puerto Ricans, the suffering and loss of thousands of lives, simply doesn’t matter. That’s dehumanization in its next to last stage.
Every time Trump tries to think God help us all
Agreed. I think he means it was a “success” because about 60% more people died than in Katrina and, unlike Bush, he paid no political price and was held unaccountable.
And if he’s willing to separate brown children from their parents -even infants -in a manner the Nazis might even find abhorrent, it’s easy to ask if he even cared about the welfare of people in Puerto Rico. I’m certain the answer is no.
Remains to be seen.
The Trump administration response to Puerto Rico was scandalous… Puerto Rico had power prior to the storm but Trump straight-up lied about that He claimed their power grid or ability to generate power was already dead before Maria. He wants to create a fantasy about the administration’s preparedness and willingness to help fellow U.S. citizens. To this day I doubt that he knows Puerto Ricans are citizens of the U.S.