With little relief in sight, U.S. Virgin Islands go ignored
Source: Think Progress
While Puerto Ricans seethe over a gaffe-ridden visit from President Trump, residents of the U.S. Virgin Islands are eyeing a slow and ominous road to recovery with even less recognition, after the president skipped a visit to the islands altogether this week.
Trump, who visited Puerto Rico on Tuesday, two weeks after Hurricane Maria hit the island as a Category 4 hurricane, initially announced his intent to visit the neighboring Virgin Islands (which are governed in part by both the British and U.S. governments) as well. But after spending several hours in Puerto Rico, the president declined to formally pay them a visit, instead meeting U.S. Virgin Islands Gov. Kenneth Mapp offshore on a Navy ship.
That snub registered heavily with the islands’ residents, many of whom are struggling to rebuild their lives in the wake of Hurricanes Maria and Irma, which made landfall within a two week span. The U.S. Virgin Islands are a U.S. territory, which means its 105,000 residents are U.S. citizens, albeit without full voting rights. With their homes leveled, businesses destroyed, and both water and power in short supply, residents are desperate for acknowledgement.
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And then there is the MORON, worried about the filibuster rule as of today, that has been in placed in our government of checks and balances for over 150 years, while this island state protectorate is in just as bad of shape has Puerto Rico ....................
This is totally unacceptable.........................
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