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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump said to ask Puerto Rico's governor about the 'unsung success' there. Then the governor rebuked
On Tuesday, though, Trump went too far for Rosselló.
Despite the official estimate just in the last few days raising the excess death toll near 3,000, Trump hailed the Puerto Rico response as an incredible unsung success. (The Post's Philip Bump runs through all the reasons this claim strains credulity.) Trump even invited reporters to verify his claims with Rosselló. If you ask the governor, he'll tell you what a great job the administration did, he said.
But Rosselló ... decided to go in a different direction. Here's his statement:
Despite the official estimate just in the last few days raising the excess death toll near 3,000, Trump hailed the Puerto Rico response as an incredible unsung success. (The Post's Philip Bump runs through all the reasons this claim strains credulity.) Trump even invited reporters to verify his claims with Rosselló. If you ask the governor, he'll tell you what a great job the administration did, he said.
But Rosselló ... decided to go in a different direction. Here's his statement:
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Trump said to ask Puerto Rico's governor about the 'unsung success' there. Then the governor rebuked (Original Post)
Gothmog
Sep 2018
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Brother Buzz
(36,431 posts)1. For us DUers with bum eyes:
malaise
(268,998 posts)2. What a slap
Good
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C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)3. "Now is not a time to pass judgement"
I see what the Governor is doing there...
but yes it is time to pass judgement and act before more people are hurt and killed because of this criminally incompetent jackass.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,345 posts)4. TrumPutin and the twin towers
TrumPutin was patting himself on the back on 9/11.
About 3000 people died in the terrorist attacks on 9/11.
About 3000 people died in the aftermath in Puerto Rico.
TrumPutin had ample opportunity to use the resources WE paid for to mitigate the latter disaster. He failed.