9/15/2022

PUERTO RICO: “New details have emerged about former President Donald Trump’s alleged desire to have the United States acquire the island of Greenland while in office. According to a forthcoming book, the former president at one point even suggested to aides that the U.S. could trade Puerto Rico for it… According to the book, former […]

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4/22/2021

NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP ADMIN: “The administration of former President Donald Trump obstructed an investigation looking into why officials withheld about $20 billion in hurricane relief for Puerto Rico following the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Maria in 2017, one of the deadliest U.S. natural disasters in over 100 years, a new report says. A Department of […]

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11/1/2020

2020 ELECTION/BORDER/JOE BIDEN/LATINOS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Desde sus actos atroces con la separación de familias en nuestra frontera hasta su ignorancia con el pueblo puertorriqeño después del huracán María, el presidente Trump ha atacado la dignidad de las familias latinas una y otra vez. Esto terminará cuando yo sea presidente.“ [Editor’s Note: Biden posted the […]

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11/1/2020

2020 ELECTION/BORDER/JOE BIDEN/LATINOS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “From his heinous acts of separating families at our border to his neglect of the people of Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, President Trump has attacked the dignity of Latino families time and time again. It will end when I’m president.“ ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, November 1, 2020 4:10 am […]

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10/12/2020

PUERTO RICO: “Last month, I also announced an additional $13 billion in disaster relief for Puerto Rico and for Florida… I’m not going to say the best, but I’m just about the best thing that ever happened to Puerto Rico. You’d better vote for me, Puerto Rico, you’d better vote for me, but I’ll always […]

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10/8/2020

2020 ELECTION/DRUGS/ENDORSEMENT/JOE BIDEN/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great honor to have the endorsement of the Governor of Puerto Rico, Wanda Vázquez Garced. As I have always said, Donald J. Trump is the best thing to ever happen to the people of Puerto Rico. The drug manufacturers are now coming back. Biden ended that program! @wandavazquezg“ ––Donald […]

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10/1/2020

PUERTO RICO: “I’ve been better to Puerto Rico than any other president. I’ve given them a lot of help. But, if you take a look at what’s happening. They’re not good to Puerto Rico. But I’ve been good to Puerto Rico. I have a good relationship to Puerto Rico. But they’re looking for statehood. A […]

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9/25/2020

HISPANICS/PUERTO RICO: “I mean, honestly, Puerto Rico … Because you’ve seen what happens. It’s a little bit like habit. They vote for Democrats, but it’s a mistake, and it’s changed with most Hispanics. I just got the Bay of Pigs award, and I’ve gotten it twice now, twice, and I got the total endorsement of […]

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9/24/2020

PUERTO RICO: “Last week, I also announced an additional $13 billion that goes to disaster relief for Puerto Rico. They got hit hard. I hope they remember that. That was given by Trump, not by the Democrats.” -Donald Trump via Fox News, “Trump hosts a ‘Great American Comeback’ event in Florida,” YouTube.com, Sep. 24, 2020 […]

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9/20/2020

COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO: “The way Donald Trump botched [Hurricane] Maria was a terrible precursor to COVID-19: He failed to prepare, failed to respond like a president, and failed to protect American citizens from harm… [I]t’s not enough to just remember the devastation wrought by Maria – we have to act to make sure that […]

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9/20/2020

JOE BIDEN/NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO: “Three years ago, Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, ultimately costing thousands of lives and destroying the homes and hopes of millions of American citizens… The current President and his Administration have only made the suffering worse, with years of neglect and contempt toward Puerto Rico. While families and communities banded together, […]

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9/20/2020

JOE BIDEN/NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO: “En el tercer aniversario del huracán María, no es suficiente recordar la devastación provocada por la tormenta. Debemos actuar para asegurarnos de que nada como esto vuelva a suceder y asegurar que Puerto Rico reciba la dignidad y el respeto que se merece. On the third anniversary of Hurricane Maria, it’s […]

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9/18/2020

CHINA/EDUCATION/FEMA/INFRASTRUCTURE/OBAMA/PHARMA/PUERTO RICO: “Today, I announced two of the LARGEST grants in history to Puerto Rico to rebuild its electrical grid system and education system. My Administration will be awarding $13 BILLION through FEMA – the largest obligations of funding ever awarded… …Obama killed the pharmaceutical manufacturing business in Puerto Rico. We are bringing it back […]

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9/18/2020

PUERTO RICO: “Puerto Rico has been very corrupt in terms of its politicians. You see that. They’re one after another. It’s been unbelievably corrupt, and we’re studying that and working on that. And we think we have a good group of people who are working very well with the politicians right now.” -Donald Trump, “Remarks […]

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9/18/2020

PUERTO RICO: [Reporter: “Mr. President, this — this huge aid package to Puerto Rico: Why not a year ago? Why not two years ago? Why not three years ago? Why 46 days to the election?”] “Because what we’re doing is we’ve been working on it for a long time to get it passed. Very tough […]

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9/18/2020

PUERTO RICO: “Today, my administration is making the largest emergency relief award in history to rebuild Puerto Rico’s electrical grid and educational system. We’re awarding $13 billion to permanently repair and replace thousands of miles of transmission and distribution lines that should have been done many years ago… I’d like to just point out we’ve […]

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9/15/2020

JOE BIDEN/PUERTO RICO: “There should be no second-class citizens in America, period. Nobody should be treated like a second-class citizen. And this president has treated Puerto Rico, and Puerto Rican citizens, and Puerto Ricans in the United States as second-class citizens… He refers to Puerto Ricans in ways that are derogatory. I think that this […]

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9/15/2020

JOE BIDEN/NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump not only suggested we sell or trade Puerto Rico — but he also left our fellow Americans without the resources they desperately needed after Hurricane Maria. It’s unacceptable. As president, I’ll support the island’s full recovery and invest in its people and future.“ ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, September […]

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9/15/2020

JOE BIDEN/PUERTO RICO: “I believe that every American deserves a fair shot to get ahead and a government that treats them equally. But that hasn’t been the case for the people of Puerto Rico. Today, I’m releasing my new plan to change that: https://t.co/qX7sQPPfmX?amp=1″ ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, September 15, 2020 11:00 am […]

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9/6/2020

JOE BIDEN/PUERTO RICO: “Time and again, the president has refused to provide Puerto Rico with much-needed resources. He’s repeatedly insulted Puerto Ricans and this latest action is another example of his disrespect for the island. This ends when I’m elected president.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Sep. 6, 2020 8:20 pm […]

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7/12/2020

2020 ELECTION/ECONOMY/JOE BIDEN/PUERTO RICO: “The stakes couldn’t be higher this November. Time and time again, Donald Trump has failed the people of Puerto Rico. As President, I’ll spur economic development on the island and expand access to health care.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, July 12, 2020 9:20 pm […]

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3/28/2019

PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I’ve taken better care of Puerto Rico than any man ever. We have $91 billion going to Puerto Rico. We have $29 billion to Texas and $12 billion to Florida for the hurricanes. Puerto Rico has been taken care of better by Donald Trump than by any living human being. And […]

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12/17/2019

BUDGET/FEDERAL FUNDING/MEDICAID/NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump intervened to cut the federal government’s Medicaid funding for Puerto Rico as part of a larger government spending deal, according to four sources with knowledge of the discussions. The budget deal unveiled by lawmakers this week allocates up to $5.7 billion in Medicaid funds for the […]

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8/28/2019

NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Hurricane Dorian hasn’t yet made landfall in Puerto Rico, but President Donald Trump is already picking at old wounds, reviving attacks on the island territory and its leaders as the storm bears down. The president has been battering Puerto Rico all week, raining down falsehoods from his Twitter feed and […]

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8/28/2019

PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Puerto Rico is one of the most corrupt places on earth. Their political system is broken and their politicians are either Incompetent or Corrupt. Congress approved Billions of Dollars last time, more than anyplace else has ever gotten, and it is sent to Crooked Pols. No good!….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August […]

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7/18/2019

FEDERAL FUNDING/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….of which was squandered away or wasted, never to be seen again. This is more than twice the amount given to Texas & Florida combined. I know the people of Puerto Rico well, and they are great. But much of their leadership is corrupt, & robbing the U.S. Government blind!” […]

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5/9/2019

FEDERAL FUNDING/GOP/NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressional Republicans on Thursday [5-9-19] floated a new disaster aid proposal to Democrats to break the logjam over Puerto Rico, but it is unlikely to end the bitter, monthslong stalemate that has frustrated both parties, according to multiple aides. The Republicans’ latest funding offer would add billions of dollars […]

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5/6/2019

AGRICULTURE/FEDERAL FUNDING/NATURAL DISASTER/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….Alabama, Iowa, Nebraska, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and others unless much more money is given to Puerto Rico. The Dems don’t want farmers to get any help. Puerto Rico should be very happy and the Dems should stop blocking much needed Disaster Relief!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 6, […]

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5/6/2019

CONGRESS/FEDERAL FUNDING/NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICEO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Puerto Rico has been given more money by Congress for Hurricane Disaster Relief, 91 Billion Dollars, than any State in the history of the U.S. As an example, Florida got $12 Billion & Texas $39 Billion for their monster hurricanes. Now the Democrats are saying NO Relief to……” –Donald […]

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4/4/2019

BUDGET/DEMS/GOP/NATURAL DISASTER/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump received a ring from an unusual caller on Wednesday [4-3-19] evening: Democratic Sen. Doug Jones. The vulnerable Alabama Democrat urged Trump to accept more money for Puerto Rico as a way to unstick a $13 billion disaster aid bill that’s stalled in the Senate. But Trump so […]

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4/2/2019

BUDGET/NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump criticized Puerto Rico’s government on Tuesday over federal aid directed to the island territory, pushing an inaccurate figure for the cost of hurricane recovery effort and ripping local leaders as ‘grossly incompetent’ and corrupt. In a string of tweets late Monday night and Tuesday morning, Trump falsely […]

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4/2/2019

BUDGET/NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Tuesday [4-2-19] lashed out at Puerto Rico’s local lawmakers as ‘grossly incompetent’ and singled out one of his favorite targets, Carmen Yulín Cruz, the mayor of San Juan, as ‘crazed and incompetent.’ Mr. Trump’s latest invective toward the local leaders of an island devastated by a hurricane […]

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4/2/2019

NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….The best thing that ever happened to Puerto Rico is President Donald J. Trump. So many wonderful people, but with such bad Island leadership and with so much money wasted. Cannot continue to hurt our Farmers and States with these massive payments, and so little appreciation!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April […]

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4/2/2019

NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Puerto Rico got 91 Billion Dollars for the hurricane, more money than has ever been gotten for a hurricane before, & all their local politicians do is complain & ask for more money. The pols are grossly incompetent, spend the money foolishly or corruptly, & only take from USA….”  –Donald […]

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4/1/2019

NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….the crazed and incompetent Mayor of San Juan have done such a poor job of bringing the Island back to health. 91 Billion Dollars to Puerto Rico, and now the Dems want to give them more, taking dollars away from our Farmers and so many others. Disgraceful!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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4/1/2019

FEMA/NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….are GREAT, but the politicians are incompetent or corrupt. Puerto Rico got far more money than Texas & Florida combined, yet their government can’t do anything right, the place is a mess – nothing works. FEMA & the Military worked emergency miracles, but politicians like…..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, […]

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4/1/2019

AGRICULTURE/LEGISLATION/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democrats today killed a Bill that would have provided great relief to Farmers and yet more money to Puerto Rico despite the fact that Puerto Rico has already been scheduled to receive more hurricane relief funding than any ‘place’ in history. The people of Puerto Rico…..”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April […]

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4/1/2019

BUDGET/NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate was unable to bridge a partisan divide Monday [4-1-19] over disaster aid, leaving in the lurch Puerto Ricans still recovering from Hurricane Maria, Californians trying to rebuild from wildfires and Midwestern communities soaked by recent floods. Neither Republicans, pushing for immediate aid for the Midwest, nor Democrats, pushing for […]

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4/1/2019

GOP/LEGISLATION/NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two competing legislative proposals aimed at providing disaster relief failed to advance in the Senate on Monday amid a fight over funding for hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico. The Senate first voted on a GOP proposal that Democrats objected to because they argued it did not provide adequate aid for Puerto Rico. […]

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3/28/2019

GOP/NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [3-29-19] proclaimed that no other ‘living human being’ has cared for Puerto Rico better than he has…Trump’s comments come two days after news reports that he privately told Republicans that Puerto Rico, which was struck by two hurricanes in 2017, was receiving too much federal […]

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3/26/2019

GOP/NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump, in a closed door meeting Tuesday [3-26-19] with Senate Republicans, again took a swipe at Puerto Rico’s fiscal management and the size of its disaster relief in the wake of damaging storms last week — and he brought a visual aid to try and back up his […]

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1/25/2019

CONGRESS/NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Call it Donald Trump’s second wall, only this time the president’s target is not migrants coming north but dollars going south to help storm-tossed Puerto Rico. Additional food aid for the island’s poor will soon be exhausted without supplemental funds opposed by the White House. At the same time, billions […]

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1/22/2019

ELIZABETH WARREN/NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Tuesday [1-22-19] that President Donald Trump treated Puerto Rico with ‘extraordinary disrespect’ in his response to the devastation that followed Hurricane Maria, singling out for scorn the Trump administration’s recent draft proposal to divert the island’s storm relief funding to pay for his border wall. […]

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1/18/2019

NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A planned visit to the White House next month by the World Series champion Boston Red Sox might not include manager Alex Cora. The native of Puerto Rico says he is considering skipping the event because of the Trump administration’s response to the island’s devastation by Hurricane Maria in 2017. […]

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10/23/2018

DEBT/ECONOMY/HURRICANE/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [10-23-18] said he would not tolerate Puerto Rico using federal hurricane relief funds to pay off the island’s massive debt…It is unclear what the president was immediately referring to, but Trump has regularly railed against Puerto Rican officials, attempting to shift the blame after his administration […]

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10/23/2018

HURRICANE/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The people of Puerto Rico are wonderful but the inept politicians are trying to use the massive and ridiculously high amounts of hurricane/disaster funding to pay off other obligations. The U.S. will NOT bail out long outstanding & unpaid obligations with hurricane relief money!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 23, 2018 10:24 […]

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10/23/2018

DEBT/HURRICANE/PUERTO RICO/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday [10-23-18] accused Puerto Rico’s politicians of using ‘massive and ridiculously high amounts of hurricane/disaster funding’ to pay off other debts, and said he would not allow a bailout with relief money. ‘The U.S. will NOT bail out long outstanding & unpaid obligations with hurricane relief […]

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9/20/2018

DEMS/HURRICANE/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democratic mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, slammed President Donald Trump on Thursday, telling Anderson Cooper that the White House’s response to Hurricane Maria will go down in history as Trump’s own Hurricane Katrina, a storm that many say marred George W. Bush’s presidency. ‘This is historic. It’s a historic […]

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9/19/2018

HURRICANE/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump touted the federal government’s response to Hurricane Florence during a stop in North Carolina Wednesday [9-19-18], after the storm overwhelmed the region starting last week…Trump has been battling critics, including Puerto Rican officials, over the last week over complaints that the federal response to last year’s Hurricane Maria […]

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9/19/2018

HURRICANE/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump is expected on Wednesday [9-19-18] to visit North Carolina, which is bearing the brunt of Florence’s deadly deluge and where rivers are still rising while thousands of homes and roadways remain submerged. Trump’s trip to the state follows criticism for his handling of Hurricane Maria, which devastated […]

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9/14/2018

HURRICANE/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….GWU Research to tell them how many people had died in Puerto Rico (how would they not know this?). This method was never done with previous hurricanes because other jurisdictions know how many people were killed. FIFTY TIMES LAST ORIGINAL NUMBER – NO WAY!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 14, 2018 9:23 […]

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9/14/2018

HURRICANE/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’When Trump visited the island territory last October, OFFICIALS told him in a briefing 16 PEOPLE had died from Maria.’ The Washington Post. This was long AFTER the hurricane took place. Over many months it went to 64 PEOPLE. Then, like magic, ‘3000 PEOPLE KILLED.’ They hired….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September […]

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9/14/2018

PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “’The story of Puerto Rico is the rebuilding that has occurred. The President has done an extraordinary job of cleanup, rebuilding electrical stuff and everything else.’ @EdRollins ‘The people of Puerto Rico have one of the most corrupt governments in our country.’ @LouDobbs” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 14, 2018 7:31 […]

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9/14/2018

ELECTION/GOP/HURRICANE/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In just a few moments and two tweets, President Donald Trump roiled Florida’s crucial elections, upending his party’s ongoing efforts to make inroads to the battleground state’s growing Puerto Rican population. Trump’s tweets Thursday [9-14-18] claiming that ‘3,000 people did not die’ in the hurricanes that hit the island last year […]

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9/13/2018

HURRICANE/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Top Florida Republicans have been quick to say President Donald Trump is wrong about the death toll in Puerto Rico. Trump ignited a political firestorm Thursday [9-13-18] after tweeting without evidence that ‘3,000 people did not die’ following Hurricane Maria. He called the death toll numbers a plot by Democrats to […]

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9/13/2018

DEMS/HURRICANE/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Thursday [9-13-18] falsely accused Democrats of inflating the death toll from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico last year, rejecting that government’s assessment that the storm had claimed nearly 3,000 lives. Mr. Trump said that the toll was only six to 18 dead after his visit following the storm, […]

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9/13/2018

HURRICANE/INTELLIGENCE/MILITARY/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A military intelligence assessment warned days after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico of a ‘high’ potential for government failure on the island, new documents obtained by the House Oversight Committee reveal…The committee’s top Democrat, Rep. Elijah Cummings, is seizing on the newly obtained intelligence assessment to urge his Republican counterpart atop […]

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9/13/2018

DEMS/HURRICANE/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…..This was done by the Democrats in order to make me look as bad as possible when I was successfully raising Billions of Dollars to help rebuild Puerto Rico. If a person died for any reason, like old age, just add them onto the list. Bad politics. I love Puerto Rico!” […]

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9/13/2018

HURRICANE/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “3000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico. When I left the Island, AFTER the storm had hit, they had anywhere from 6 to 18 deaths. As time went by it did not go up by much. Then, a long time later, they started to report […]

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9/12/2018

FEMA/HURRICANE/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A year after presiding over a sluggish and chaotic response to a devastating storm in Puerto Rico, the Trump administration girded on Wednesday for a test of its ability to do better as Hurricane Florence continued to bear down on the Carolina coast. If responding to the destruction from Hurricane Maria […]

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9/12/2018

HURRICANE/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Facing renewed criticism of his administration’s response to Hurricane Maria, President Donald Trump lashed out again on Wednesday [9-12-18], grousing about his administration’s ‘unappreciated great job’ on the Puerto Rico recovery – despite the remoteness of the island, poor access to electricity and the ‘totally incompetent Mayor of San Juan’…The president’s […]

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9/12/2018

HURRICANE/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [9-12-18] ratcheted up his fight with Puerto Rican officials, dwelling on the intense criticism he received last year for his response to Hurricane Maria, even as Hurricane Florence threatens millions of Americans on the East Coast. Trump has been aggressive this week in warning Americans in […]

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9/12/2018

HURRICANE/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [9-11-18] said the federal government would spare no expense in responding to the likely damage from Hurricane Florence, which is forecast to slam the Carolina coast later this week…In remarks aimed at Americans who could find themselves in harm’s way, the president noted that experts were […]

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9/12/2018

HURRICANE/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has been criticised for hailing the US response to the deadly Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico last year as ‘tremendous’. The mayor of its capital tweeted: ‘If he thinks the death of 3,000 people is a success God help us all.’ Puerto Rico only finished restoring full power […]

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9/12/2018

HURRICANE/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We got A Pluses for our recent hurricane work in Texas and Florida (and did an unappreciated great job in Puerto Rico, even though an inaccessible island with very poor electricity and a totally incompetent Mayor of San Juan). We are ready for the big one that is coming!” –Donald Trump, […]

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9/12/2018

HURRICANE/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Latest on President Donald Trump’s view of the government’s response to hurricanes (all times local): 7:30 a.m. President Donald Trump says the U.S. government is ready for Hurricane Florence and he’s rejecting criticism of the response to last year’s Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, where thousands of people died. Trump […]

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8/31/2018

HURRICANE/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Nearly a year later, they’re still numbers. Puerto Rican officials admitted this week that the death toll from Hurricane Maria, which hit the US territory last September, is 46 times higher than they’d previously said. Not 64 dead, as was the official line. An estimated 2,975 deaths. Yet that’s just a […]

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8/17/2018

MEDIA/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Only a few paragraphs of Omarosa Manigault Newman’s book are about Puerto Rico. But their claims are significant: that President Donald Trump lacked empathy in Hurricane Maria’s aftermath and that the President and Chief of Staff John Kelly referred to Puerto Ricans in derogatory terms. The result, the new book […]

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8/9/2018

PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Less than two weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, President Donald Trump took to the island to praise the federal officials in charge of the recovery efforts and declare they could be ‘proud’ that the death toll had climbed to just 16 people…Two weeks later, he gave his administration a […]

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5/31/2018

PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two days after Hurricane Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico, President Donald Trump was busy kicking up a storm of his own. Speaking in Alabama on Friday night, September 22, 2017, Trump took aim at the small group of NFL players who were kneeling, during the national anthem, as a protest […]

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5/29/2018

PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Hurricane Maria claimed the lives of 4,645 people in Puerto Rico last year and not the 64 long pegged by the island’s government as the official death toll, according to a survey of thousands of residents by a research team led by Harvard University. The researchers estimated that most victims of […]

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5/1/2018

BETSY DEVOS/EDUCATION/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Since Hurricane Maria’s deadly rampage last September, the Education Department has doled out tens of millions of taxpayer dollars in disaster relief to colleges and universities supposedly affected by last year’s hurricanes. Only a fraction has gone to institutions where the storm had its most profound impact: Puerto Rico. Instead, elite […]

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3/15/2018

DEBT/ECONOMY/PUERTO RICO: “Debt from Puerto Rico is the top-performing bond investment of 2018, reflecting an unexpected improvement in the island’s economy and budding hopes for a settlement with creditors to resolve its continuing bankruptcy. Most U.S. bonds have lost value this year because of rising interest rates, but an index of Puerto Rico municipal bonds […]

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2/26/2018

CRISIS/ENERGY/PUERTO RICO: “Though hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans remain in the dark five months after a devastating hurricane trampled the island’s power grid, the federal government has begun to scale back the number of contractors it has working to get the lights back on. The United States Army Corps of Engineers is in charge […]

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2/22/2018

CRISIS/PUERTO RICO: “The U.S. isn’t prepared to respond to disasters in Hawaii, Alaska or on Pacific Islands as fast as on the American mainland, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said. Islands such as Guam could suffer the same fate as Puerto Rico, where thousands of residents are still waiting for power to be restored […]

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2/19/2018

ENERGY/PUERTO RICO: “A federal judge approved an emergency $300 million loan that will keep Puerto Rico’s troubled electric utility in operation, averting a threat of more power outages at a time when the island is trying to recover from last summer’s devastating hurricanes. Judge Laura Taylor Swain of U.S. District Court in New York on […]

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2/15/2018

PUERTO RICO: “A federal judge has rejected a $550 million loan to keep Puerto Rico’s troubled electric utility in operation, threatening the island with more power outages at a time when it is trying to recover from last summer’s devastating hurricanes. Judge Laura Taylor Swain said Thursday [2-15-18] at a hearing in U.S. District Court […]

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2/12/2018

CRISIS/PUERTO RICO: “An explosion and fire in a power facility in Puerto Rico Sunday [2-11-18] night knocked out power to a densely populated corridor of the island, which is still getting back on its feet from last summer’s devastating hurricanes. The outage plunged much of the capital San Juan and surrounding neighborhoods into darkness, and […]

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2/6/2018

CRISIS/FEMA/PUERTO RICO: “The mission for the Federal Emergency Management Agency was clear: Hurricane Maria had torn through Puerto Rico, and hungry people needed food. Thirty million meals needed to be delivered as soon as possible. For this huge task, FEMA tapped Tiffany Brown, an Atlanta entrepreneur with no experience in large-scale disaster relief and at […]

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1/31/2018

FEMA/PUERTO RICO: “A spokesman for the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Wednesday [1-31-18] that the agency’s plan to end its distribution of emergency food and water in Puerto Rico and turn that responsibility over to the Puerto Rican government would not take effect on Jan. 31. ‘Provision of those commodities will continue,’ spokesman William Booher […]

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1/31/2018

CRISIS/DEMS/PUERTO RICO: “Democratic lawmakers say President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech glossed over the grim reality that at least 3 million of Puerto Ricans are facing. In his 80-minute speech, Trump acknowledged Puerto Ricans when he expressed solidarity toward those affected by the floods, fires and storms that hit the country in the […]

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1/31/2018

FEMA/PUERTO RICO: “Politicians from both political parties reacted angrily to news of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s plan to end shipment of emergency food and water supplies to storm-battered Puerto Rico. On Tuesday [1-30-18], several lawmakers called on the agency to reverse its decision. Details of FEMA’s plan – which the agency said would take […]

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1/24/2018

CRISIS/NATIONAL DEBT/PUERTO RICO: “The devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria is making Puerto Rico’s already dire financial situation even worse. The island’s leaders acknowledged late Wednesday [1-24-18] that they will not be able to pay down any portion of their more than 70 billion debt for the next five years because of the damage. Just before […]

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11/11/2018

CRISIS/FEMA/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/PUERTO RICO: “Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Roselló has asked the Justice Department to investigate the island’s public electric utility after federal agents said they found large quantities of critical rebuilding materials stored in a warehouse owned by the public utility. On Saturday [1-6-18], employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Army […]

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1/7/2018

CRISIS/HEALTHCARE/PUERTO RICO: “The U.S. is facing a nationwide shortage of intravenous bags just as flu cases accelerate, forcing many hospitals to use more time-consuming ways to administer drugs and to weigh a halt on elective procedures and clinical trials. Some hospital officials said they have only a day or two of supplies and worry whether […]

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12/29/2017

CRISIS/PUERTO RICO: “For the first time in the 100 days since Hurricane Maria slammed Puerto Rico, the government finally knows how many people still don’t have power: about half. The figure released Friday [12-29-17] by the island’s governor and power utility company indicates that more than 1.5 million people on the island are still in […]

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12/18/2017

CRISIS/PUERTO RICO: “Facing mounting evidence that Puerto Rico has vastly undercounted the number of people who died because of Hurricane Maria, Gov. Ricardo A. Rosselló ordered on Monday [12-18-17] that every death on the island since the calamitous storm be reviewed…. The governor acknowledged on Monday that the death toll ‘may be higher than the […]

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12/6/2017

CRISIS/HEALTHCARE/PUERTO RICO: “For an overburdened pediatrician trying to care for a child who was in pain, needed hip surgery, and was displaced from his home in the wake of Hurricane Maria, it seemed a godsend — a modern military hospital ship sent from its berth in Virginia to help with medical care in Puerto Rico. […]

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11/28/2017

CRISIS/DEBT/PUERTO RICO: “Puerto Rico would get substantial debt relief and other new aid to help it recover from destruction inflicted by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in September, under legislation unveiled on Tuesday [11-28-17] by leading liberals in the U.S. Senate. Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent, and Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat, called for a new […]

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11/21/2017

PUERTO RICO: “With less than half the power on Puerto Rico restored two months after a deadly hurricane hit the island, the company hired to help bring back the electricity is ‘standing down,’ it said, because it is owed tens of millions of dollars for weeks of work. Whitefish Energy Holdings had already been fired […]

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11/16/2017

PAUL RYAN/PUERTO RICO/TAXES: “U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said on Thursday [11-16-17] he wants to craft changes to a just-passed tax overhaul bill to provide ‘additional tax incentives’ that would help Puerto Ricans recover from Hurricane Maria. In a statement following passage in the House of a major tax bill, Ryan said he […]

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11/12/2017

PUERTO RICO: “The contract signed by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority with an Oklahoma company, Cobra, to do repair work on power lines in Puerto Rico.“ -Staff, “Cobra Contract With Prepa,” The New York Times online, Nov. 12, 2017 […]

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