Yesterday, San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz begged desperately for Trump to get directly involved and get someone in place to get things done to get deeply needed supplies deployed throughout the island of Puerto Rico before people die from neglect.
Mayor Cruz: I am done being polite, I am done being politically correct. I beg you to take charge, we are dying here. And I cannot fathom the thought that the greatest nation in the world can not figure out logistics for a small island… if we don’t get the food and water into people’s hands we are going to see something close to a genocide.
And in responded to this heartfelt plea, Trump — on DAY NINE after Hurricane Marie’s landfall — responded today from his Golf course in New Jersey.
If you can feel a bit a bile at the back of your throat after listening to the Mayor and reading these tweets, you are not alone.
This is more of what Mayor Cruz had to say last night with Anderson Cooper.
“We’re dying here, we really are dying here. If anyone can hear us. Mr. Trump, let’s get the ball rolling.”
I gotta say, in a long list of disgusting self-centered tone deaf and logic blind statements that have come from Trump — this is frankly the worst. It’s worst than his attack on the patriotism of “sonovabitch” NFL players, it’s worst than falsely suggesting there were violent Antifa members and “nice quiet neo-Nazis” in Charlottesville. Which is saying something.
His ego is this fragile?
He’s really this shallow and petulant he thinks Mayor Cruz is only talking about him — not because she genuinely needs help — but because “Democrats told her you must be nasty to Trump?”
Fuckin’ Really, man?
This is not. the. FUCK. about. you. Punk! Ok?
This is about getting the people what they need before it’s too late. That you would turn this into a petty pissing contest, and imagine that this is some little conspiracy of Democrats whispering in the Mayor’s ear “Be mean to Trump, yeah, that’s the ticket...” is honestly lower than even I thought you might ever go, and I admit my expectations were already microscopic.
And then.. AND THEN… to go on and call the people of Puerto Rico who are barely hanging on, spending their days trying to fend for themselves hand to mouth scrounging for food and fuel for hour and hours on end and CALL THEM LAZY!???
And no, I’m not buying for a second that he don’t understand the racists overtones of calling people in a territory which is mostly Latino “Lazy”. That’s not a dog whistle, that’s a Vuvuzela.
God Damn It — they have cameras there you shithead. We can see what’s happening and we can see what isn’t happening.
Look you self-centered Mutha FUCKA CNN and NBC are not out to “Get Trump” they are simply reporting what’s happening. Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz is a Hero, you certainly are not.
Here’s what CBS has said about it.
This was unnecessary, this was inept and incompetent. Rather than listening to what people were actually saying, listening to their concerns and responding actively you had throw a petty tantrum to just to save face and make yourself look good even when people lives are literally at risk?
That’s monstrous. That’s far worse than being merely insouciant and clueless as Bush was during Katrina — this is mendacious, vicious and calculated. This is inhuman.
This is conduct unfit and unbecoming the highest office in our land. I admit my opinion of this vile jackanape was already in the toilet, but now he’s flushed and swirling down the pipe.
Trump You Sonavabitch, you should resign in abject embarrassment. You’re a stain on the nation and will be reviled througout history, cut it short before you make it even worse.
Saturday, Sep 30, 2017 · 9:01:08 PM +00:00 · Frank Vyan Walton
I’ve changed the title to “implies they are lazy” rather than “says that are ‘Lazy’” just for accuracy, and troll Raid.
However in the meanwhile a Trump spokesperson at the White House decided to “crack wise.”
According to ABC, an unnamed White House spokesperson said they were “not sure,” if Cruz would show up for what would inevitably be a photo-op with Trump.
“She has been invited to FEMA command center several times to see operations and be part of efforts but so far has refused to come, maybe too busy doing TV?” the spokesperson said.
“Too busy doing TV” — ha ha — isn’t that hilarious? What a gut buster, eh? And then you had Huckabee-Sanders with.. well, y’know….
Trump, “has your back” is “the real story some in the media refuse to tell,” Sanders tweeted Saturday morning.
Apparently not if you’re an Anti-Nazi protestor, an ESPN correspondent, an NFL player, a Muslim Mayor dealing with a terrorist attack or a Latina Mayor dealing with a massive natural disaster, then he pretty much doesn’t “has your back”.
Also General Honoré has defend Mayor Cruz.
Speaking from the ground in San Juan, CNN contributor and retired Army Lt. Russel L. Honoré, who lead New Orleans’ response to Hurricane Katrina a decade ago, defended the mayor that the president criticized online from his golf resort in New Jersey.
“She’s trying to care for her people,” Honoré said. “She’s putting out a cry for help.”
And wouldn’t you know it, there’s always a tweet for every occasion.
Yeah, “No excuse.”