A disgraceful job
By Kristine Phillips
September 30 at 5:32 PM
Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-Ill.), one of four members of Congress born in Puerto Rico, said the Trump administration has done a "disgraceful job" of helping the 3.4 million Americans on the island ...
"I think it isn’t a good job; it’s a disgraceful job. The United States of America is the most powerful, wealthiest country in the world, and this is not a response that’s demonstrative of our power and our wealth," Gutiérrez said, his voice breaking ...
"It’s costing lives, Mr. President, of children, and the elderly and the infirmed," Gutiérrez said of the administration’s response. "And we should begin an operation to also evacuate people from this island, especially the elderly, especially those that have sicknesses until they can return ... to rebuild it."
He also said of Trump: "I would hope that as he likes to talk about fire and the fury of the armed forces of the United States, that he bring them to Puerto Rico. Put that same fire and fury to save the people of Puerto Rico from what is going to be a disaster here on this island" ...
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