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  • Puerto Rican Mayor a ‘Climate Change Survivor’ After Trump’s Failed Hurricane Response

    10/21/2019 7:03:44 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 25 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 10/20/2019 | Penny Starr
    Carmen Yulín Cruz, the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, said at a Bernie Sanders (I-VT) 2020 campaign rally in New York City on Saturday that thousands of Puerto Ricans died because of Donald Trump and that climate change is real and also is responsible for deaths in the U.S. territory. “I am not a climate change expert,” Cruz said standing in front of a sea of “Bernie” signs. “I am a climate change survivor.”
  • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Makes Time Magazine Cover April 1st 2019 (No Fooling)

    03/21/2019 1:36:22 AM PDT · by CaliforniaCraftBeer · 95 replies
    NY (Com)Post ^ | March 21, 2019 | Ben Feuerherd
    Freshman [Representative] Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will grace the front page of the April 1 [2019] edition of Time Magazine...The Bronx-native, who shook the Democratic establishment by defeating longtime congressman Joe Crowly in 2018, appears in a headshot taken by photographer Collier Schorr next to the headline: “The Phenom.” The story accompanying the front page, written by Charolette Alter, describes Ocasio-Cortez as “the second-most talked about politician in America...
  • Forgotten ethnic factor helped Rangel win

    06/27/2014 12:44:06 AM PDT · by ObamahatesPACoal · 2 replies
    NY Post ^ | Michael Benjamin
    Charlie Rangel won re-election Tuesday, despite the ethical cloud still shrouding him, because all politics is local. Rangel’s censure by Congress in 2012 has been all but forgotten by his voters, and those who recall that embarrassing episode believe that “Charlie was shafted by Congress” for doing what other members have long gotten away with. (SNIP) If Puerto Rican pols backing Espaillat couldn’t move their bloc to him, one has to question their utility as endorsers. Former Bronx state Sen. Israel Ruiz says, “Puerto Ricans voters do not like Dominicans — especially Dominican politicians . . . perceived as cocky...
  • Holder to Puerto Rican Rep: 'Wherever you're from'

    02/02/2012 1:24:18 PM PST · by Nachum · 26 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | 2/2/12 | David Freddoso
    February 2, 2012 1:51pm 47 Comments Holder to Puerto Rican Rep: 'Wherever you're from' byDavid Freddoso Online Opinion Editor Follow on Twitter: If you need confirmation that Republicans on the House Oversight committee got under Attorney General Eric Holder's skin today at the hearing on Fast and Furious, just look at this response he gave to Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, who grilled Holder about his own previous statements. Specifically, note Holder's comment that "maybe this is the way you do things in Idaho, or wherever you're from."