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Trump slams Puerto Rico: ‘They want everything to be done for them’
The Hill / MSN ^ | September 30, 2017

Posted on 09/30/2017 5:58:27 AM PDT by SMGFan

President Trump on Saturday criticized Puerto Rico's "poor leadership" and defended his administration's response to the aftermath of Hurricane Maria's devastation on the island. Following a plea for aid by San Juan's mayor, Trump said the mayor was being "nasty."

"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," Trump tweeted. "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 want everything to be done for them when it should be a community effort," he continued. "10,000 Federal workers now on Island doing a fantastic job."

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To: SMGFan

This has always been PR’s mantra. All of the do-ers went to the US decades ago. Lazy layabouts, criminals and doofusses is what is PR today. New Orleans with better beaches.


81 posted on 09/30/2017 7:57:51 AM PDT by anton
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To: Pravious
- Geraldo has been on Trump’s side more often than not.

No he has not.

I watched him one morning going after Trump for, as I paraphrase "that stupid alien law, transsexuals out of the military when not one general complained, his stupid tweets." NO HE DOES NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

82 posted on 09/30/2017 7:59:58 AM PDT by Fishtalk
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To: Grampa Dave
Major crisis yet she stops to make shirts!

I heard this Mayor speaking before the storm hit.....she was already complaining.......this entire thing was way over her ability to handle, she doesn't have the grey matter to do her job.


83 posted on 09/30/2017 8:00:36 AM PDT by caww (freeen)
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To: Rebelbase

Hmmmmmm.

Ok.

can’t heat up a Hot Pocket?

Man, that’s a real tragedy.


84 posted on 09/30/2017 8:01:13 AM PDT by Fishtalk
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To: Ben Ficklin

What really pisses me off is, this unhinged far left mayor is using the suffering of her people to push her anti Trump agenda. The last thing she is worried about is the suffering of her people. Wouldn’t surprise me one bit if she is deliberately sabotaging federal efforts, after getting the memo from Schumer/Pelosi when she first of all praised Trump for an outstanding performance.


85 posted on 09/30/2017 8:01:26 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: SMGFan

86 posted on 09/30/2017 8:04:25 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Now that Trump is kicking their ass, they want to quit.)
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To: SMGFan
The ultimate welfare state: They want everything to be done for them.
87 posted on 09/30/2017 8:08:40 AM PDT by Reno89519 (PRESIDENT TRUMP, KEEP YOUR PROMISES! NO AMNESTY AND BUILD THAT WALL.)
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To: DaveA37

Move them all to NYC, let de Blasio have them. Buy up the island, level and the trash the cesspool, build us a new state...


88 posted on 09/30/2017 8:10:45 AM PDT by Reno89519 (PRESIDENT TRUMP, KEEP YOUR PROMISES! NO AMNESTY AND BUILD THAT WALL.)
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To: Fishtalk

No he has not.

Well, yes he has. If you saw him attacking Trump one morning, then you saw one of the instances where he differed with him. Most of the time I’ve seen him, however, he’s been on Trump’s side (including this morning, when he refused to get on the “blame Trump for Puerto Rico’s problems” bandwagon).


89 posted on 09/30/2017 8:23:22 AM PDT by Pravious
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To: SMGFan

‘They want everything to be done for them’

This reminds me of the time when Detroit had a big snow storm and while residents of many suburban localities were banding together, picking up snow shovels and clearing their own streets, Detroiters were standing in hip deep snow, saying nobody came to plow us out...complaining like the do nothings in Puerto Rico?


90 posted on 09/30/2017 8:25:31 AM PDT by zbogwan2
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To: Pravious

Well I get no joy out of arguing with you.

I stand by my assertion that Geraldo is comfy with the GOPe.

You can’t dismiss that rant he went on that I heard with my lying ears as “one of the instances where he differed with Trump.”

I call it a Freudian slip and I stand by my charge.

You may have the last word of this stupid argument. I am done.
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91 posted on 09/30/2017 8:36:50 AM PDT by Fishtalk
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To: Grampa Dave

Thanks for that post. I just printed it off to show any liberal who starts mouthing off about Trumps response!


92 posted on 09/30/2017 8:37:35 AM PDT by painter ( Isaiah: �Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
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To: Jim Noble
Tax breaks forever?

Yes!

93 posted on 09/30/2017 8:46:26 AM PDT by painter ( Isaiah: �Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
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To: dforest
I did notice in some videos that many just don’t pitch in to help. They want it all done right now and that isn’t possible.

I feel for them, but they need to learn to be more independent.


Even the Mayor of San Juan expects CNN to make her T-Shirts for her!


94 posted on 09/30/2017 8:52:34 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (John McCain treats GOP voters like he treated his first wife)
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To: painter

Apparently, the PR truck driving union thugs are refusing to allow material to be unloaded and delivered.


95 posted on 09/30/2017 9:18:52 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Now that Trump is kicking their ass, they want to quit.)
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To: servantboy777

I agree, but the Carribbean has been impoverished and corrupt for centuries. I wouldn’t know where to begin to right all that’s wrong.


96 posted on 09/30/2017 9:25:05 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: caww

The Puerto Rico truck driving thugs are not handling what the people need.

Puerto Rico aid is trapped in thousands of shipping containers
By Patrick Gillespie, Rafael Romo and Maria Santana, CNN
Updated 7:36 PM ET, Thu September 28, 2017

http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/27/us/puerto-rico-aid-problem/index.html


97 posted on 09/30/2017 9:39:21 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Now that Trump is kicking their ass, they want to quit.)
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To: SMGFan
most island "culture" today is an inbreed welfare state incapable of self help or policing itself since every cop on the island is afraid they'll have to arrest their wife son daughter brother sister mother father aunt uncle cousin grandfather grandmother and rarely show up when called until a nominal length of time has passed so all involved parties are gone unless it's another LEO that has been attacked

i know as i'm a former resident of St. Croix

98 posted on 09/30/2017 11:05:23 AM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: null and void

That she would support statehood to further personal political ambitions might be a stretch as she is PDP the party that supports maintaining status quo in PR and is opposed to statehood. The current governor is PNP that is the statehood party for he supports the DEMs in US terms. Ms mayor sure is showing she was well indoctrinated at Boston College


99 posted on 09/30/2017 12:58:58 PM PDT by scottteng (Why fight it out lets split up the country peacefully now)
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To: Grampa Dave

If every Puerto Rican lived in a T Shirt Factory they would obviously be doing very well despite the Hurricane.


100 posted on 09/30/2017 1:09:44 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Auschwitz".)
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