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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Hey Joe, did you ever think PR is so f’d up because of corrupt RAT politicians like you and your cohorts ripping off the people for decades?
So he’s visiting PR before Florida . . . .
The problem and the solution starts with local government. FetGub needs to be pared WAY back.
If the Governing Body isn’t prepared Fema canonly do so much.....that’s why Desantis also set up a donation site so they could reach those who might fall between the cracks. Last week they had 12 million already.
I know a guy who audited books for a pay day check cashing place. Every so often, he’d be sent to PR and ooooh, the tales he could tell. Total corruption, even his own company.
Oh he won’t admit the fed govt under him failed at anything.
In Florida it will be Desantis to blame, in PR it will be Trump from the last hurricane .
The only blaming will be to get more federal programs enacted
Who cares? They pay no taxes!
Millions for PR. BILLIONS for Ukraine. These people hate you.
The youngins have curly coconut smelling hair.
It’s rare for him...
Puerto Rico is expensive to maintain. I do hope one day they follow up on their fake threat to vote themselves independence and get off the US teat. But, unfortunately, they won’t. The Dems here, of course, want them as the 51st state because it will bolster their congressional numbers even though it will hurt the country as a whole.
PR gets to have a “Dark Winter” too, eh Brandon?
Biden says they haven’t been taken care of, well, who has been President and has had controll of Congress for 2 years? Biden says they will send $60 million.
The island received $10 billion in 2017 to rebuild the Electrical Grid, it failed to do so. About another $4 billion was added since. Where has the money gone?
Media desperately looking for a Republican that they can heap all the blame on.
“... haven’t been very good taken care of...”??? that is the grammar the POTUS uses?
If Peurto Ricans had any sense, they would petition to become part of Florida.
Puerto Rico if they join the US should join as the 6th Borough of NYC. You don’t want them to become a part of Florida, and turn it into a blue state. New York is already a lost cause, anyway.
You have to go Mr. President. We need the Puerto Rican vote really, really bad. But don’t they just want our money?? It’s tit for tat, sir.
PR is a leadership issue. Like Flint or Chicago.
HURRICANE EQUITY !!!!
Th his is blaming trump top to bottom
When has Biden or any dem official ever accepted blame for anything?
What the H is wrong with Breitbart????
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