This appeared over at the Guardian about an hour ago.
Donald Trump is complaining about disaster funding to Puerto Rico, again.
On Twitter, Trump said Puerto Rico has already received more money from Congress than any state in the history of the US and complained Democrats won’t back a bill that gives disaster relief money to states including Georgia, North Carolina and Alabama.
“Puerto Rico should be very happy and the Dems should stop blocking much needed Disaster Relief!” Trump tweeted.
The president is in a standoff with Democrats, who want a disaster aid funding bill to include money for Puerto Rico, as well as the others states.
In the tweets, Trump said Puerto Rico had received $91bn in disaster relief funding - which is not true. There has been $41bn in announced funding. The additional $50bn is money that one internal estimate said could need to be committed in the long-term.
This weekend, Boston Red Sox manager, Alex Cora, said he wouldn’t visit the White House to celebrate the team’s 2018 World Series win because of the Trump administration’s response to the hurricane. Cora is Puerto Rican. Several other Red Sox players have also said they would be skipping the ceremony.
Since Hurricane Maria devastated the entire island of Puerto Rico in September 2017, Trump has routinely minimized, dismissed or ignored the scale of destruction– including denying the official death toll.
I noted particularly how the Guardian handled his lie: “Trump said Puerto Rico had received $91bn in disaster relief funding - which is not true. ”
Why the American media can’t figure out how to do that is beyond me.
PLEASE call your senators and representative to ask for Puerto Rico to receive all the aid it needs.