Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló is fed up with President Trump’s disparagement of the island following reports that Trump complained to Senate Republicans on Tuesday about the amount of disaster relief funding that went to Puerto Rico after it was devastated by Hurricane Maria last year.
“The comments attributed to Donald Trump today by senators from his own party are below the dignity of a sitting President of the United States. They continue to lack empathy, are irresponsible, regrettable and, above all, unjustified,” Rosselló said in a statement released Tuesday. “Enough with the insults and demeaning mischaracterizations. We are not your political adversaries; we are your citizens.”
Rosselló suggested that perhaps Trump got “misleading information from his own staff” about the funds the island has received and the state of its recovery process. He invited Trump to visit the territory — where nearly 3,000 people died as a result of the catastrophic storm — and “put all of the resources at his disposal to help Americans in Puerto Rico, like he did for Texas and Alabama. No more, no less.”
During a meeting with Senate Republicans on Tuesday, Trump reportedly whined about how much aid Puerto Rico had received and said the island could be bought “four times over for $91 billion.”
Trump has no interest in helping Puerto Ricans, despite being American citizens, they cannot vote for him. Besides, most of the people of Puerto Rico are . . . brown.
Hillary was right, Trump is deplorable!
I think he misspelled “racist”.
Child whines, the nation pays the price while his trumpsters dance in the streets since his hand pick appoligist gave him his garrenteed pass.
Note to all the scattered U.S. protectorates and territories in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. You’re good enough to intimidate our global competitors and launch military expeditions from, but don’t get a big head.
Gov. Rosselló is finally standing up to Trump? Bit late for that, but I understand the tightrope he walks. Asking for aid without biting the hand that feeds him rolls of paper towels.