Schumer: Trump Should ‘Roll Up His Sleeves,’ Stop Attacking San Juan Mayor

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., speaks to the media, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Sunday said President Donald Trump should “roll up his sleeves and get to work” on the disaster relief effort on Puerto Rico instead of tweeting attacks on the mayor of San Juan.

“The President, instead of tweeting against the mayor of San Juan, who’s watching her people die and just made a plea for help, ought to roll up his sleeves and get to work here,” Schumer said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”

“The bottom line is, at least for the first week and a half, the effort has been slow-footed, disorganized and not adequate,” he added. “We need more help.”

Schumer said the response to hurricane devastation on Puerto Rico “has not been a good response.”

“It needs the President to stop calling names, stop downgrading the motives of people who are calling for help, but roll up his sleeves and get to work,” Schumer said. “And by the way, he should have gone to Puerto Rico earlier than two weeks — he’ll go Tuesday, that’s good, but two weeks — after it hit.”

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  1. The Frankenstein Monster doesn*t give a crap .

  2. Avatar for litho litho says:

    Keep making the obvious point over and over. Gotta fight the WH’s bald-faced lies somehow.

  3. Avatar for sanni sanni says:

    I just saw that at DU as well. Esp telling is the debt level of Houston and Florida. Yet his first mention of mention of Puerto Rico, long after the storm had hit, after a weekend of twitter rages primarily aimed at the NFL - his first mention is about it’s Debt. This is a handy response for when people start repeating that line as an attempt to rationalize Trump’s egregious responses.

    Per another story - Ryan claiming he sees evidence that Trump is learning about issues around race - because - well we should just believe him (Ryan). Paul - this treatment of Puerto Rico compared to Houston and Florida, man up - dude - your 'Boy’s a racist. He seems to bask in disclosing this fact to the public. Put your lipstick away. Not going to work on this particular pig.

  4. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    The Senator has some pointed words for Trump, all true and very blunt. If he’s making himself a target for Trump’s ire, insinuating himself between Trump and Mayor Cruz, I find that admirable.

    Mayor Cruz has endured more than enough already with the crisis in her hometown. For Trump and his fawning minions to jump on her is just pathetic bullying.

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