Puerto Rico governor loses primary of pro-statehood party
DÁnica Coto, Associated Press
Updated 9:53 pm CDT, Sunday, August 16, 2020
LOÍZA, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rican Gov. Wanda Vázquez on Sunday acknowledged losing the primary of her pro-statehood party to Pedro Pierluisi, who briefly served as the U.S. territory's governor last year amid political turmoil.
With more than 78% of electoral colleges reporting late Sunday, Pierluisi received more than 57% of the vote compared with more than 42% for Vázquez.
“We have to abide by the decision of the majority,” Vázquez said in a brief speech where she warned Pierluisi that he should “aspire” to have the support of those who voted for her. She will remain as governor until the winner of Puerto Rico's Nov. 3 general elections takes office.
Pierluisi spoke shortly after Vázquez and said the governor can count on him: “We all have to be united to push Puerto Rico forward.”
More:
https://www.chron.com/news/article/Puerto-Rico-holds-2nd-voting-round-after-chaotic-15487496.php
Also, unfortunately, in the article is this paragraph:
Meanwhile, Carlos Delgado, mayor of the northwest town of Isabela for 20 years, was poised to win by a landslide the nomination of the main opposition Popular Democratic Party. Conceding defeat was Puerto Rico Sen. Eduardo Bhatia and San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, known for her public spats with U.S. President Donald Trump.
You recall how hard Mayor Carmen worked for her citizens, running herself ragged, walking out above her waist in flood waters after the storm to help people in San Juan, appearing to go without sleep for days on end, on the phone continually to any and all TV networks trying to reach her, all the while being mocked, insulted, raged against for maintaining her people were starving, were dying in great numbers, while Trump kept claiming they were all just fine.
As history showed, as it played out, Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz was NOT lying, of course, but we all know who was. Mayor Carmen became another one of Trump's punching bags, and he never relented in his filthy harrassment.
Apparently people in San Juan have decided that they will be abused by Trump's administration as long as Mayor Carmen remains, so she has go.
San Juan Mayor: "There is horror in the streets."
Younger Mayor Carmen.
Mayor Carmen wearing the official number of people killed by the hurricane.
You probably recalled Trump claiming there were only a few in Puerto Rico,
and the United States took a much heavier hit. Wrong and wrong.