All posts tagged "Puerto Rico"
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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...
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NEWS
As Florence Unleashes Catastrophic Flooding, Trump Claims Puerto Rico Death Toll Rose ‘Like Magic’
September 14, 2018President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Friday night to repeat his false claim that the...
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CLIMATE
Puerto Rico Governor Slams Trump Over False Claim: It ‘Is A Fact’ That 2,975 Died From Hurricane Maria
September 13, 2018Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló on Thursday rebuked President Trump’s false claim that Democrats increased the...
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NEWS
GOP Florida Governor Breaks With Trump: His Claim Is Wrong, 3,000 Died In Puerto Rico Hurricanes
September 13, 2018Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R), who is currently running for Senate, broke with President Trump over...
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NEWS
San Juan Mayor Rips Trump For Denying Death Toll: ‘This Is What Denial Following Neglect Looks Like’
September 13, 2018San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz ripped into President Trump on Thursday for claiming without evidence...