Posted on 10/01/2017 4:53:53 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
October 1, 2017 / 12:53 PM / Updated 43 minutes ago
U.S. lawmakers ask Trump to 'get to work' on Puerto Rico
Robin Respaut, Gabriel Stargardter
AN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers urged President Donald Trump on Sunday to stop sniping at Puerto Ricans and get to work helping them recover from a devastating hurricane, two days before he was to visit the island, where people remained without food, water or power.
The Republican president said his government was doing a “great job” to help Puerto Rico recover from Hurricane Maria and took a new swipe at critics who said he had been slow to aid the island, where the power grid was destroyed 12 days ago.
“We have done a great job with the almost impossible situation in Puerto Rico. Outside of the Fake News or politically motivated ingrates,” he said in a Twitter post.
Trump faces difficult weeks, if not months, in the U.S. territory. His senior general leading military relief operations in Puerto Rico, Lieutenant General Jeff Buchanan, said they were clearing roads and getting more supplies to people, but recognized “it’s still a long haul.”
Trump has intensified his praise of the federal response after the mayor of San Juan made clear those efforts fell short and American media continued to broadcast images of the havoc and suffering on the island that belied his words.
At the same time, he criticized San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz on Saturday and said Puerto Ricans wanted “everything to be done for them.”
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Being a polemicist is an easy occupation........
Get down there and help deliver supplies jackass.
He needs to retweet that infographic and say ‘we’ve been working on this since September ___. Before the storm arrived.’
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Trump is doing all he can short of arresting half of the lazy, greedy population of San Juan.
Union bosses are holging San Juan hostage, demanding three times their legitimate wages to work on clearing and rebuilding highways.
F’em!
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Well consider the source! The two identified “complainers” are Chucky Schmucky and Capo-Commie Sanders, neither of whom could find their a$$ with both hands and a flashlight. Besides, if I were Sanders, I’d be worried about getting a prison berth for his wife where he could have conjugal visits after she’s convicted of the stuff she pulled at the college where she was president.
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“Sources” said so!
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“What lawmakers?”
Article says Schumer and Sanders! The RAT “Dream Team!”
Leftist trash continue to bitch and moan
For the trash, life is miserable
PR citizens do not pay US Income Tax.
How much money should the US Government give them versus charities?
U.S. Lawmakers: stupid, lazy, incompetents. Each and every one...never done a single day of work in their entire, useless lives. Every last one drops dead tomorrow, the country is better off by a wide margin immediately.
Come on now they work terribly hard. All 147 or so days they work every year!
Democrats think they have another Big Winner here but it’s just another complete failure
Since he's been on the job from day one, they need to be called out, then thrown the hell out of office. Thanks Sub-Driver.
To confuse with being in session and working is just plain ignorant
The usual suspects, Schumer and Sanders, with Marco “Foam Boy” Rubio anguishing over why we all just can’t get along.
Good old Rooters: silage for swine.
(I didn’t want to click either.)
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