GOP tries to silence San Juan mayor by hastily canceling hearing on Puerto Rico death count

[Judi Lynn]

GOP tries to silence San Juan mayor by hastily canceling hearing on Puerto Rico death count
By Eric Boehlert |
OCTOBER 31, 2017

San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz was scheduled to give public testimony in Washington on the Trump administration's handling of Hurricane Maria. But the GOP abruptly canceled the hearing, with no explanation and no mention of rescheduling.



San Juan, Puerto Rico, mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz

 
San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz arrived in Washington, D.C., to give public testimony at a hearing on the federal government’s responses to recent natural disasters, including Hurricane Maria, which devastated Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

But Republicans on the House Committee on Homeland Security abruptly scrubbed the event, gave no explanation for the last-minute maneuver, and did not announce a rescheduled date.

Cruz has been one of Donald Trump’s fiercest critics following his administration’s slow-motion, disastrous, and callously neglectful response to Hurricane Maria. In return, Trump and the right wing have treated herand the U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico abominably.
 
The hasty cancellation comes as questions mount about the rebuilding effort for 3 million American citizens. Specifically, controversy swirls around the post-storm death toll, which might actually be near 1,000 causalities — not several dozen, as the Trump administration claims.

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[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Like I said elsewhere, these people need the UN to intervene. Because they are brown, the US govt

is purposely fucking up the rescue efforts.

The current iteration of the United States government officially hates brown people.

[Not Ruth]

2. At least 4000 died imho

Just release the real number