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Trump Very Bitter and Sensitive About Puerto Rico, and Dems Say His Team Is Stonewalling Their InvestigationAs the island faces a new round of crises, the president has tripled down on blaming othersand Democratic lawmakers investigating the hurricane response say theyre being blocked.
Sam Brodey, Asawin Suebsaeng
04.01.19 5:11 AM ET
It was arguably the biggest scandal and outrage of Donald Trumps young, already scandal-ridden presidency.
There was a large American body count piling up, along with mounting reports and questions about the administrations mismanagement of the relief efforts, with few answers forthcoming. With the bodies barely cold, the president instead launched sustained, petty public-relations warfare against politicians who he felt had crossed him and, at times, appeared to go to war with the victims of the storms.
It was Trumps Katrina, and then some.
Now, a year and a half after hurricanes Irma and María ravaged Puerto Rico, the island is grappling with a whole new round of crises, Trump has been telling his GOP allies that Puerto Rico is receiving too much assistance from the federal government, and lawmakers leading an investigation into what happened after the storms are being stalled.
Some Democratic lawmakers are all but accusing the Trump administration of stonewalling them in their inquiries.
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), who chairs the House Oversight Committees subcommittee on government operations, told The Daily Beast he still hasnt seen key documents from the administration detailing its response to the hurricanes. He said the committee should be prepared to use its subpoena power to obtain those documentsand, if necessary, to hold officials in contempt of Congress if they dont comply.
This is not an academic exercise, said Connolly. People lost their lives.
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vlyons
(10,252 posts)and probably more than a little corruption
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)it's probably a staggering amount of corruption
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)send the subpoenas
bluestarone
(17,058 posts)Have gone to Puerto Rico BEFORE giving it to tRUMPS wall!
ScratchCat
(2,002 posts)"What happened" is that a Trump donor who did not own a utility business prior to the Hurricane created one on paper and was awarded the contract even though the company had no experience in what it was to be doing Puerto Rico.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)He's the one who created and perpetuated the deplorable aid situation there. What did PR ever do to him?
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)How is that even fair? Arrest my case!
Bob Boudelang
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Volaris
(10,274 posts)THATS what he's upset about ..
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)It's how many people in the US see themselves. Going to Puerto Rico, and giving the standard compassion performance that is historically just what presidents do was so much beneath him that he should be rewarded. Just as he thought he should be given credit for generously remodeling some properties to suit ADA standards.
It should be no surprise that this exists in a country that rewards charitable giving with tax credits. And, argues that other forms of decency (ie not calling people demeaning names) are optional personal sacrifices rather than a matter of ordinary respect.