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Lin-Manuel Miranda on Puerto Rico: 'I've Never Seen a President Attack the Victims of a Natural...
Lin-Manuel Miranda on Puerto Rico: ‘I’ve Never Seen a President Attack the Victims of a Natural Disaster’by Aidan McLaughlin | 8:45 am, October 6th, 2017
Lin-Manuel Miranda appeared on Good Morning America Friday to discuss his latest song, released to raise money for hurricane recovery efforts in Puerto Rico, as well as his tweets criticizing President Donald Trump’s response to the crisis.
After discussing the lengths he went to record the song with people still on the hurricane-ravaged island, the composer and playwright expanded on the song’s title “Almost Like Praying”:
“Thoughts and prayers are great but thoughts and prayers are not enough,” he explained. “We need more. We need action. We need the governmental response to be equal to the response of the people which, you know, I have never had more hope in the American people and people all over the world.”
“I go to my Twitter feed, it’s people breaking their piggy banks, it’s employers matching employee donations,” he continued. “We are not the issue. If our government can step up to where the people are, we’ll be on the road to recovery a lot faster.”
“Talking about Twitter feeds,” ABC’s George Stephanopoulos said, referencing Miranda’s very viral tweet saying Trump is “going straight to hell” for his response to the crisis and attacks on the San Juan Mayor.
more + video:
https://www.mediaite.com/online/lin-manuel-miranda-on-puerto-rico-ive-never-seen-a-president-attack-the-victims-of-a-natural-disaster/