All posts tagged "Puerto Rico"
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NEWS
Former Trump DHS Official: Trump Wanted To Trade ‘Dirty’ And ‘Poor’ Puerto Rico For Greenland
August 19, 2020Former senior Trump administration official Miles Taylor, who this week endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden,...
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NEWS
‘Can We Sell The Island?’: Trump Considered Selling Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria, Says Ex-DHS Chief
July 11, 2020President Donald Trump’s former acting Secretary of Homeland Security says the president considered selling Puerto Rico...
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NEWS
White House Threatens To Veto Bill To Provide Aid To Earthquake-Ravaged Puerto Rico
February 5, 2020The White House on Wednesday formally threatened to veto a House bill that would provide billions...
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Authoritarianism
Trump Intervened To Slash Puerto Rico’s Medicaid Funding In Spending Bill: Report
December 17, 2019President Trump reportedly intervened to slash billions of dollars worth of Medicaid funding the federal government...
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NEWS
Trump Attacks ‘Corrupt’ Americans Bracing For Tropical Storm In Puerto Rico
August 28, 2019President Trump blasted Puerto Rico as one of the “most corrupt places on earth” while defending...
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NEWS
Trump Joked About Trading Puerto Rico For Greenland: Report
August 22, 2019President Trump joked about trading Puerto Rico for Greenland, a former White House official told The...
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Hate Crime
Racist Woman Caught On Video Telling Puerto Rican Shopper: ‘I Hope Trump Deports You’
July 11, 2019Video from a grocery store in Philadelphia shows a white woman telling a Puerto Rican customer...
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NEWS
White House Spokesman Twice Calls Puerto Rico ‘That Country,’ Lies About Hurricane Aid Received
April 2, 2019White House spokesman Hogan Gidley twice referred to Puerto Rico as “that country” during a television...
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NEWS
Trump: I’ve Taken Better Care Of Puerto Rico ‘Than Any Living Human Being’
March 28, 2019President Trump on Thursday claimed that he has taken better care of Puerto Rico than “any...
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NEWS
Trump Complained To Advisers Puerto Rico Was Receiving Too Much Hurricane Relief Money, Demanded Cuts
March 25, 2019President Trump asked his top advisers in a February 22 Oval Office meeting to find a...
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NEWS
House Floor Erupts After GOP Lawmaker Shouts ‘Go Back To Puerto Rico’ To Latino Democrat
January 17, 2019House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) scolded a Republican representative who shouted “go back to Puerto...
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Authoritarianism
Top Trump Official Resigns Over Trump’s Plan To Block Puerto Rico’s Disaster-Relief Funds: Report
January 16, 2019The deputy secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Pam Patenaude is resigning due to disagreements...
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NEWS
Trump Wants To Cut Off Federal Relief Funds For Hurricane-Ravaged Puerto Rico: Report
November 11, 2018President Trump reportedly wants to end federal relief aid to millions of Americans in Puerto Rico...
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DEMOCRACY
Trump Privately Accuses Top FL Ally DeSantis Of Disloyalty On Puerto Rico Death Toll: Report
September 18, 2018President Trump is privately accusing top ally and Florida GOP gubernatorial nominee Ron DeSantis of publicly...