Trump attacks female mayor of San Juan. Anyone see a pattern here?

[PA Democrat]

A lot of bad things are happening in Puerto Rico. The Governor is under siege, the Mayor of San Juan is a despicable and incompetent person who I wouldn’t trust under any circumstance, and the United States Congress foolishly gave 92 Billion Dollars for hurricane relief, much....

....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!

Link to tweet

[Demovictory9]

1. Nasty

[TreasonousBastard]

2. A pattern? Of course not. Just because she's a Puerto Rican woman...

doesn't mean he's treating her like the other "less-than-perfectly-white" women he's run into.

[Takket]

3. I thought PR was protesting for a new governor....

What does the mayor of San Juan have to do with anything?

[PA Democrat]

7. Carmen Yulin Cruz has dared to criticize the Trump administration's

abysmal response to Hurricane Maria.

Right wing "news" sites have falsely claimed that she has been charged with embezzling hurricane relief funds.
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/jul/19/blog-posting/misleading-article-implies-puerto-rico-hurricane-a/


In reality Puerto Rico has received only a fraction of the $91 billion in aid Trump claims it has received.

https://www.factcheck.org/2019/04/trump-misleads-on-aid-to-puerto-rico

[duforsure]

4. This is the same tactic he's used before

Whenever he gets bad press he hates, like ties to Russia and now Epstein , he always has things to do and claim to divert attention away from those bad issues. He also knows his base won't run away from race issues, but some would from being linked to child trafficking , or sexual abuse of children. That's what I think he's doing, and how he escapes every time because he also accuses others of his actions also to give others a claim they can make away from himself.

[zaj]

5. He's under siege, but she's despicable

Interesting

[zaj]

6. Oh... "sexist and homophobic conversations"

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/18/us/puerto-rico-rossello-governor-protests.html

The outcry triggered by the chat, which included a string of contemptuous, sexist and homophobic conversations among Mr. Rosselló and his close associates,

Trump's gotta stand up for his ally in "sexist and homophobic conversations".

[PA Democrat]

8. Yeah the male REPUBLICAN governor who praised Trump

gets a pass.

[ginnyinWI]

10. Bullies look for the weak target.

He perceives women as less able to fight back. And resents any who have any authority.

[sinkingfeeling]

11. Hey, that imaginary amount of hurricane relief went up $1 billion more!

[Botany]

12. 100% Gaslighting

This came out of nowhere so why does Trump now want to change the subject?

BTW Carmen Yulin Cruz is better than he will ever be.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

13. "I know the people of Puerto Rico well..."

1. He didn't (doesn't?) know PR is a part of the U.S.

2. His main interaction with the Puerto Rico people has been throwing paper towel rolls at them.

3. His characterization of the aid PR is being provided is, of course, a lie.

The big question is why is he starting to harp on Puerto Rico again? Who at Fox News set him off?

My thought is that it is just another diversion from Mueller's testimony, Jeffrey Epstein, and the court documents just released.

[struggle4progress]

14. ... Puerto Rico has received $11.2 billion in aid ... Mr. Trump's figure is the number estimated

by the Office of Management and Budget of how much the island could receive over the next two decades ...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-says-congress-foolishly-gave-aid-to-puerto-rico-amid-political-turmoil-on-the-island/

[struggle4progress]

15. Disaster aid was faster in Texas and Florida than in Puerto Rico

By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN
Updated 1:40 PM ET, Thu March 28, 2019

... Using public data, BMJ created a timeline of staff and funding coming directly from FEMA to those affected by the hurricanes. The study focused on measures of federal spending, distributed federal resources, and direct and indirect storm-mortality tolls. The study says its results show the federal response was faster and "more generous" in terms of funding and staffing for Hurricane Irma in Florida and Harvey in Texas than for Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico is a self-governing US territory whose citizens are Americans.

All three hurricanes made landfall as Category 4 storms, and the study indicates its results would make sense if the damage for Maria was less expensive or less altering than those of the other storms. According to CNN reporting, the damage estimate for Maria is $90 billion, $125 billion for Harvey and $50 billion for Irma.

The combination of direct and indirect storm fatalities also plays a role in understanding the amount of damage inflicted upon the areas, the study says. Hurricane Irma led to 92 deaths, Hurricane Harvey was blamed for 103 deaths and Maria led to 3,040 deaths, according to numbers compiled by BMJ Global Health.

The study also shows a disparity in the time it took for victims to receive relief. In the first nine days after Harvey hit, those affected received $141 million from FEMA. Those affected by Irma had received nearly $100 million after the first nine days. Maria victims received nearly $6 million in the first nine days. Within the first two months, the study finds that those impacted by Irma and Harvey both received about $1 billion in relief. It took nearly four months for Maria aid to reach the same amount ...

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/22/health/hurricane-maria-funding-study-trnd/index.html

[lpbk2713]

16. Scumbag traitor.

Trump is the worst president ever.

But we already know that.