TH: San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz infamously picked a fight with President Trump in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria last year, the storm that devastated Puerto Rico. The official death toll was 64, but Gov. Ricardo Rossello suggested the actual number is higher. President Trump signed a $36.5 billion aid package for the nation. Some of the aid took awhile to get to its destination. Cruz took aim at the White House in those months, accusing the U.S. government of turning its back on them.
Some of her messages were indirect. She wore a “Nasty Woman” shirt on CNN, in reference to Trump’s insult for Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential campaign. Others were not blatant, like when she said Trump “speaks out of both sides of his mouth.”
“On the one hand, he says he wants to help Puerto Rico. On the other hand, he imposed a 20% income tax on every good and service that comes from Puerto Rico into the United States. On the one hand, he says we will be with you for the long run. And on the other hand, the [Food and Drug Administration] is trying to convince pharmaceutical companies to leave Puerto Rico,” she told Amanpour.
“He says he cares and he came here and threw paper towels at us,” she continued, referring to Trump’s visit to the city of Guaynabo in October. “And on the other hand, he doesn’t provide his administration with a clear set of goals to help Puerto Rico.”
The media ate it up. She was invited on late night talk shows to continue her tirade against the president. She expanded her criticism to weigh in on his policies.
Thankfully, when the two did eventually meet in Puerto Rico, they put a ceasefire on their war of words.
Cruz may be the hypocritical one here. New reports suggest that corruption in San Juan prevented critical supplies from reaching Hurricane Maria victims. The FBI is investigating suppliers and Cruz’s administration. more
And she needs to touch up those roots, too.
Corruption in third world Puerto Rico?
36 $Billion in hastily arranged cash and commodities going astray amid chaos?
I smell the Clinton Foundation. Haiti 2.0.
Notice how those who criticize Trump or have made disparaging remarks about him and his family end up falling into a $hit hole? DA of New York City eliminated, Anthony Bordain who wanted to feed Trump hemlock offed himself, Kate Spade (involved in Clinton Foundation) killed herself, Samantha Bee can’t get any sponsors, after making filthy comments about Ivanka, Kathy Griffin holding a severed head of Trump. We need to keep a bad luck list of these people if nothing more than to gloat at.
FUCKERS OF HOPE? Sorry about my language but that is what I saw in the lead in picture.
Joe6pak. I did, too. I snapped that image on FOX a long time ago and LMAO. Advertisers and media will never learn, will they? Never use the word FLICKER on your products. Idiots.
I saw it too, Joe. The “L” and “I” barely distinguishable from a “U”
I used to see Cunton when I saw a Hillary poster, but maybe it was a Freudian slip.
Jeez my lyin bad eyes I guess I saw… well.
Should we expect less from a Marxist?
MAGA2016
KAG2020
Karma caught up with Carmen.
Feckless Cruz
The feckless MSM keep reporting the death toll from the hurricane in the thousands.
Total bullshit but the narrative…
More dead? Good.
More blame for Trump.
WTF?
Ooooooooh you nasty girl!!! (Janet Jackson theme in background.)