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Nevermind - By Erick Erickson

I was going to have a piece this morning on the media’s concerted effort to turn the devastation in Puerto Rico into President Trump’s Katrina.

I think it is a false narrative for a lot of reasons first and foremost because the devastation of the island was compounded by the damage to San Juan’s port and the lack of electricity and water.

It has made things very difficult.

The Democrats, of course, are using the tragedy for political gain against the President and the media has been complicit.

The situation is just very different from Katrina.

But then the President did what he did on Twitter this morning, predictably taking the bait against San Juan’s Mayor.

Maybe she was being partisan.

Maybe she is just lashing out over the frustration of what she is experiencing.

Maybe it is both.

The President’s supporters will cheer that he is punching back.

They will cheer that he is not taking it like Bush took all the post Katrina criticism.

But sometimes the President should be Presidential and getting in the mud is not.

The people of Puerto Rico are hungry, thirsty, homeless, and fearful.

They won’t hear a lot about President Trump’s twitter fight and it won’t matter to him because they cannot participate in the Electoral College.

It should matter to all of us though that the President is so willing to get in the mud and fight back when the mayor and everyone else in Puerto Rico need our empathy and compassion.

Sometimes the President just does not need to dial up the jackass and sometimes he does not need to be defended.

So I have deleted my former post and he can stand or fall on the merits of his tweets this morning.

Yay, President Trump punched a critic — a critic who is on an island trying her best to help others where most of the people now have no homes, no power, and no running water.

What a man he is!

Updated: worth pointing out, as Susan noted, that the President also had the luxury of tweeting his responses from the comfort of his country club in New Jersey while the mayor of San Juan is sleeping on a cot in a shelter.

And he thought the optics of Tom Price on private planes were bad.

Termin8tor » 01 Oct 2017 4:24 am » wrote:What a blatant **** lie. Many, many conservatives have written at length about what Trump has done including many former Never-Trumpers.
And you of course cut this out:
Is Trump guilty of felonies and impeachable acts like Clinton was?
Will he have one of the worst records before SCOTUS, like, snicker "Constitutional expert" Obama did?

Termin8tor » 01 Oct 2017 4:28 am » wrote:Gosh, the Race Card again. How original.
No one conservative is allowed to criticize anyone of another race, no matter how much they deserve it.

Misty » 01 Oct 2017 1:20 pm » wrote:

Misty » 01 Oct 2017 4:05 pm » wrote:I am sick and tired of all of these apologist cabinet members who go on the Sunday news shows and when asked about 45's disgusting Tweets say, "Well when the president is attacked, he's going to fight back."

**** THAT!

Misty » 01 Oct 2017 3:57 pm » wrote:blah,, blah,, blah

No, Trump Didn't Botch the Puerto Rico Crisis

A Q&A with former Navy Captain Jerry Hendrix on smart preparations the White House and Pentagon made for the looming storm.
By Tobin Harshaw
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles ... ico-crisis

Misty » 01 Oct 2017 1:25 pm » wrote:
What did the mayor of San Juan do to deserve it?
He always seems to harshly criticize women and especially women of color.

Puerto Rican CEO Calls Local Government ‘Corrupt and Inept’ – Sends His Own Team to Help FEMA Efforts
October 1, 2017 by Cristina Laila
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/10 ... a-efforts/

Misty » 01 Oct 2017 1:25 pm » wrote:
What did the mayor of San Juan do to deserve it?
He always seems to harshly criticize women and especially women of color.

Puerto Rico Police Officer Calls Into NY Radio Station – Exposes Corrupt San Juan Mayor, Pleas For Help (AUDIO)
October 1, 2017 by Cristina Laila 207 Comments
A frantic female police officer called into a New York radio station (La Mega) Thursday telling listeners that they have received aid from mainland U.S., however; the local governments are doing nothing to distribute the supplies.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/10 ... elp-audio/

Misty » 01 Oct 2017 1:10 pm » wrote: All of that is yet to be determined isn't It?
We're only nine months in.

Please name some of those 'many' former Never-Trumpers who are praising his accomplishments.

Misty » 01 Oct 2017 1:04 pm » wrote:Again, this is the mayor of San Juan.........

SMOKING GUN=> San Juan Teamsters Didn’t Show Up for Work to Distribute Relief Supplies – US Aid Rotting at Ports
September 30, 2017 by Jim Hoft 357 Comments
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The liberal media is pounding President Trump over the suffering in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.
The San Juan Mayor slammed President Trump for ignoring the suffering people of Puerto Rico.
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.She said this while standing in front of pallets of US aid from the mainland.
Now we know why the people have no aid.
The Teamsters Union drivers did not show up to work.
Only 20% of drivers arrived at the ports to distribute the relief supplies.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/09 ... ing-ports/

Misty » 01 Oct 2017 1:25 pm » wrote: What did the mayor of San Juan do to deserve it?
He always seems to harshly criticize women and especially women of color.

Misty » 01 Oct 2017 1:25 pm » wrote: What did the mayor of San Juan do to deserve it?
He always seems to harshly criticize women and especially women of color.

Vincent‏ @Vincent_Moretti Sep 30
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Replying to @GeraldoRivera @realDonaldTrump
This is all anyone needs to know about the “Mayor” from San Juan

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Carmen Yulin Cruz, the anti-Trump Mayor of San Juan who has used the national spotlight of Hurricane Maria to attack Trump, has a long history of supporting convicted terrorist Oscar Lopez Rivera, a Puerto Rican radical who ran a paramilitary group that waged war against the United States.
Since May 29th, 2012, Cruz has used her official Twitter account 49 times to lend support to Lopez, a man arrested by the United States government in May of 1981 for seditious conspiracy against the United States and conspiracy to transport explosives to destroy government property, among other charges. Later that year, Lopez was sentenced to 55 years in jail for his various crimes.
Moreover, it appears Cruz is more than just a supporter of Rivera’s; she appears to be a personal friend of his. On May 29th, 2016, Cruz posted a tribute to Rivera, and wrote “for a great friend, a great patriot: for you Oscar Lopez Rivera.”:


.https://twitter.com/GeraldoRivera/statu ... 5899076610

Misty » 01 Oct 2017 4:05 pm » wrote:I am sick and tired of all of these apologist cabinet members who go on the Sunday news shows and when asked about 45's disgusting Tweets say, "Well when the president is attacked, he's going to fight back."

**** THAT!
Every president since George Washington has been attacked, and none of them have ever stooped to his level.
They rose above it.

Misty » 01 Oct 2017 1:20 pm » wrote:TrumpleThinSkin is at it again.









I guess this jackass doesn't know that most of the people in Puerto Rico do not have Internet access.

Misty » 01 Oct 2017 1:25 pm » wrote: What did the mayor of San Juan do to deserve it?
He always seems to harshly criticize women and especially women of color.

Termin8tor » 02 Oct 2017 2:04 am » wrote:
Everything is racist, psycho. Trump waking up in the morning is racist.
His having coffee with breakfast is racist.

**** you, psycho.

PostmodernProphet » 02 Oct 2017 1:45 pm » wrote:
are you kidding?......George's tweets were infamous......