Posted on 10/03/2022 9:56:28 AM PDT by conservative98
President Joe Biden on Monday admitted the federal government was failing Puerto Rico, speaking as he left the White House to visit two weeks after Hurricane Fiona hit the island.
“I’m heading to Puerto Rico because they haven’t been taken very good care of,” Biden told reporters after exiting the White House.
Both the president and First Lady Jill Biden are traveling to Puerto Rico to get updates on the island’s recovery and help pack bags of food and essential items for residents still struggling after the Category 1 storm.
Over 120,000 residents are still without power, two weeks after the storm.
The president pointed to the previous Category 5 Hurricane Maria for devastating the island in 2017.
“They’re trying like hell to catch up from the last hurricane,” Biden said. “I want to see the state of affairs today and make sure we push everything we can.”
Biden also acknowledged the federal government was coming up short during an event with the Congressional Black Caucus on Saturday.
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Biden frequently criticized former President Donald Trump for failing to help Puerto Rico recover from Hurricane Maria, even though Trump visited the island after the storm.
“What did he do? Toss rolls of paper towels at them. He doesn’t have any real answers,” Biden said during a 2020 campaign drive-in car rally in Tampa.
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We should trade PR to China for Taiwan.
Puerto Rico is Puerto Rico’s biggest problem.
PR is run by the most corrupt and uncaring Democrats that look for ways to enrich themselves before helping a single citizen.
We should sell Hawaii to Japan and use the money to purchase Baja.
They are one-level up from Haiti on the “we can’t take care of ourselves” charts
The federal government has never done a very good job taking care of anything. That’s not their job. If they aim to take care of anything in your direction, RUN!
No Puerto rico has failed Puerto rico, the rats here have filled the pockets of the rats there and left the people holding the bag
and help pack bags of food and essential items
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They should take Pete Buttgigger along to pack the fudge.
Exactly - they never get back up entirely after the last Hurricanes. Why change their equation when they get new property or shelter every time.
So Biden is going to pack bags of food. Okey dokey.
He and Dr. Jill are going to bag packages for these folks. Ain’t that nice?? Will Jill bring baskets of heart shaped cookies? One is as dense as the other.
FEMA cannot do anything but work within the state emergency plan.
That is what was so frustrating about Katrina....the state and cities did not have good plans. FEMA could only do so much.
Puerto Rico should have one of the best emergency plans after Maria, but they screwed up again because it is run by incompetent, corrupt Democrats.
“(Governor) Pierluisi is a member of the New Progressive Party in Puerto Rico which advocates statehood for the Island territory. While on Capitol Hill, Pierluisi caucused with the House Democratic Caucus.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Pierluisi
The mess is supposed to happen, just like tent cities in San Francisco and zombies on the streets of Baltimore and Philadelphia.
It’s a feature of Democrat governance, not a bug.
AOC must have gotten to him...about her grandmother suffering in PR from the hurricane before IAN....ATTA boy - Joe.
I understand he’ll go back to DC after flying to PR and turn around the next day go to FL?????? Couldn’t make that one trip?
Puerto Rico is always hardest hit because it is nearly 100% full of women and minorities
They are almost 100% DEMOCRAT VOTERS......VICTIMS, SAD SACKS, INCOMPETENTS, WHINERS!
Hey folks, Joe Blow ant done anything positive for the 50 states either....he’s a total “Failure” for all of the USA. Why would anyone vote for a Rat.....$hit!!
......joe biden Admits Failure in Puerto Rico..........
biden is a failure EVERYWHERE and ALL THE TIME!!!!!
Says the guy who's been in Congress and above for 52 years.
Oh, they were properly taken care of; they just refused to stop the corruption that kept taxpayer help from reaching the people.
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