They lie about their treatment of Puerto Rico, too.
Puerto Rico is the USA you racist lout. https://t.co/H9QTbxDSnq
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) April 2, 2019
Folks are missing a key thing that makes Trump's Puerto Rico tweets so awful.
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) April 2, 2019
Trump isn't merely lying about how much PR has gotten.
He's also pitting Midwest victims *against* PR victims, by falsely saying more aid to latter would take aid from former:https://t.co/YYcPL0qnXD
The president believes white farmers in the midwest are true Americans and therefore entitled to aid, and Puerto Ricans are not. It's not more complicated than that. pic.twitter.com/kUBq45pqcR
— Adam Serwerđ (@AdamSerwer) April 2, 2019
Flashback to when âŠ@HillaryClintonâ© told me Trump probably doesnât know Puerto Ricans are Americans. pic.twitter.com/YAkYsF9rnF
— Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) April 2, 2019
Trump has shown he feels he âhas nothing to apologizeâ for in Puerto Rico, saying Democrats are trying to use the disaster and high death toll to make him look bad: âHeâs still clearly very bitter and sensitive about it" https://t.co/MNgSwA7s09
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) April 2, 2019
MSNBC's @HallieJackson to @HoganGidley45: "Puerto Rico is part of the United States. People who live in Puerto Rico are U.S. citizens. You're rolling your eyes and I don't know why you're rolling your eyes." pic.twitter.com/Ix38Z18QJp
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 2, 2019
Reminder: Puerto Rico has not been given $91 billion. This is a long-term (20 year!) estimate of potential liabilities required by law, subject to adjustment and recalculation, and very fuzzy. https://t.co/oaJcvITlpD https://t.co/OqKXOAGgu5
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) April 2, 2019
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 2, 2019
âOnly take from USA?â Puerto Ricans are citizens. https://t.co/4VUkPtiEto
— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) April 2, 2019
Puerto Rico statehood should be one of our highest priorities in the next Congress. If they had Senators and Representatives these Americans wouldnât be so badly mistreated in the wake of the disaster. https://t.co/ZGlprxpjIg
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) March 30, 2019
Trump âmade it about himselfâ and could not âshow empathy.â#NarcissisticPersonalityDisorder https://t.co/wcMpj2tzUt
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) March 29, 2019
Leaders in Puerto Rico do not agree. https://t.co/EBmU8qVNfJ
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) March 28, 2019
Exclusive: WH officials to Puerto Rico: âYour Governor is f***ing things up.â PR governor fires back: 'I'll punch the bully in the mouth'https://t.co/sBZj7AdQED
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) March 28, 2019
A government watchdog has launched an investigation into potential âinterferenceâ in the distribution of millions of dollars in aid money to Puerto Rico, a senior official tells Congress. https://t.co/GYcE3r6n2k pic.twitter.com/Cmb5tiKuRF
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) March 28, 2019
As far as I can tell, Trump is punishing the island of Puerto Rico because he's mad at them for dying in such large numbers during Maria that it made him look bad?
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) March 26, 2019
Sad! 