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View Poll Results: Were Trump's Tweets Attacking Puerto Rico Justified?
YES. San Juan Mayor Carmen Cruz's comments against Trump were exaggerated and she deserved a harsh reply. 105 36.71%
NO. Trump's tweets were heartless and mean, given that many PR residents have no water, food, gas, cell phone service, and no medical supplies. 181 63.29%
Voters: 286. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 09-30-2017, 10:21 AM
 
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Puerto Rico wants all the benefits of statehood without the added responsibility of actually being a state.

 
Old 09-30-2017, 10:22 AM
 
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Who are you to say what is a good look? Trump lost Ohio in the primaries, that wasn't a good look either. Donald John Trump is more powerful than Chuck Norris. His hair is better than when the Deep State said only their good hair candidates could be President. Question him not.

Trump doesn't deal with lazy slackers. That's why he's rich and you're not. Gas, grass, or ass, nobody rides free. Not even the Mayor of Welfare Island.



Is this your first day in politics? Everyone knows the entire Congress is blackmailed to destroy the nation and will be savagely evicted in 2018 if not sooner. If Trump does his agenda, even the Republicans will be pushed by their handlers to impeach him. But if they remove Trump, the gun owners and retired military will violently liquidate the entire federal government and every soul in it. It's the biggest standoff in U.S. history.

Wow, for smart people with degrees you folks seem to not know a damned thing about the real world.
Thanks I needed a laugh.
 
Old 09-30-2017, 10:23 AM
 
Location: Florida
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Let's say all that is true.


How does that justify Trump attacking the mayor who is simply begging for help precisely because their island has been basically destroyed?



You're doing a really bad job of defending Trump here. Puerto Rico's politicians being crappy doesn't excuse Trump.
If you have nothing nice to say to those who provide the extraordinary help , those soldiers who are up for days, don't say anything.
 
Old 09-30-2017, 10:24 AM
 
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General Honore' blasts Trump as well, so it's not just the Mayor. Trump did not have the troops he could've sent in place to help and we know full well why PR is not getting the help it deserves.
 
Old 09-30-2017, 10:24 AM
 
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At least when the Bush administration fumbled the Katrina response he never attacked the disaster victims. Trump's latest Twitter gaffe now cements Maria as worse than Katrina.
 
Old 09-30-2017, 10:25 AM
 
Location: Florida
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Puerto Rico wants all the benefits of statehood without the added responsibility of actually being a state.
Our government just gave them money for a huge bailout. They do not want to be a state. They have refused for decades. They vote No.
 
Old 09-30-2017, 10:27 AM
 
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It is going to take much more than wading through the water with a bullhorn. The supplies are not going out because of lack of proper logistics, Get out of the way and let the generals run it. No time for another Nagel of New Orleans. There are so many supplies and none getting to the people.

In my neighborhood in Florida people
were out doing what they could. Removing trees, debris of the streets. The people have to help themselves in P R. Even the elderly were out doing what they could. The heat and humidity was horrid. PR has to get it together and not run stateside. They have to help. The supplies have to get through.
Oh for....:

https://www.vox.com/science-and-heal...-flights-facts

Florida was in no way totally destroyed and could rely upon help from those regions undamaged to arrive instantly but, there was also the ability to occasion assistance from the entire continent:

Hydro One crews to help Florida in wake of Irma | Ontario | News | Toronto Sun

Local hydro crews going to Florida to help restore power after Irma | CTV Toronto News

https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/rep...beandmail.com&

Florida is not a fekk'n Island and could count on just picking up the phone and calling in some help from all over the North American continent WHICH IT RECEIVED in spades!

Give that American superiority stuff a rest for just a bit. There are Puerto Ricans with chain saws out there doing their bit. https://www.google.ca/search?q=pictu...X5H0vMGxyRLjM:

You're comparing Bananas and Florida Oranges
 
Old 09-30-2017, 10:27 AM
 
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Puerto Rico wants all the benefits of statehood without the added responsibility of actually being a state.
What "responsibility" are you describing? You have no clue what you're talking about.
 
Old 09-30-2017, 10:28 AM
 
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Let's say all that is true.


How does that justify Trump attacking the mayor who is simply begging for help precisely because their island has been basically destroyed?



You're doing a really bad job of defending Trump here. Puerto Rico's politicians being crappy doesn't excuse Trump.
Don't start no crap be no crap. She should have realized that.

Live in a hurricane zone be prepared for hurricanes. Shows the lack of foresight. Sometimes you deserve what you get.
 
Old 09-30-2017, 10:28 AM
 
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Imagine how fast Puerto Rico would have gotten federal aid and assistance if Trump had a casino there!
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