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Biden, Trump, & The Puerto Rico Hurricanes

Discussion in 'Political Opinions & Beliefs' started by independentthinker, Sep 20, 2022.

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  1. flyboy56

    flyboy56 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I live on the NW side of PR and we lost power just hours before the storm hit which is what happened when Maria hit the island. The BVI smartly shuts off their power before a storm hits because not to do so creates an unnecessary danger to the public. Facilites needing power like hospitals should have their own generators.
     
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    flyboy56 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Yes supplies were found in warehouses but the problem would still have existed due to a lack of diesel fuel needed to truck those supplies across the island. And since the ports were all closed we could not get the fuel to the island.
     
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  3. Hey Now

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    Not relevant to the specific assertions of the OP, and, that's the context that you nor any Trumper is addressing.
     
    Hey Now, Sep 22, 2022
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    The person who was governor of Puerto Rico in 2017 when Hurricane Maria hit the island was Ricardo Rossello, the New Progressive Party, which aligned itself to the GOP in the 2017 US Presidential Elections. It's a party that advocates statehood for Puerto Rico. As for Puerto Ricans, can you blame them with Trump withholding aid to Puerto Rico for political purposes? Remember, Trump thinks Puerto Ricans are not US Citizens at all.

    The next governor, Wanda Vasquez Garced was under her watch that, after an earthquake, it was discovered unused Hurricane Relief supplies in a warehouse in Ponce, on the southern side of the Island. Ironic after making statements that she wanted to review all contracts were being followed and no corruption was taking place.
     
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    What do you mean "can I blame them with Trump withholding aid to Puerto Rico for political purposes" ? That makes no sense.

    The only aid at all that was withheld was by the Puerto Rican government so they could go on to blame Trump for political purposes.
     
    FatBack, Sep 22, 2022
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  6. FreshAir

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    should Biden go toss them paper towels?

    Trump got attacked cause he was attacking them
     
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    Right about now some fresh drinking water would probably do fine.
     
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    what would Trump say, they are surrounded by water, water is wet

    they will get help under Biden....
     
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  10. Grau

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    "DEMOCRATIC DITTO-HEADS"



    Hurricane?!?!

    All I saw on "the News" yesterday was more of the same tiresome: "Orange Man Bad".

    As I was going outside to watch the birds, my Democrat house-mates had CNN cranked up to the max while they were spellbound by one talking head after the other raving about Trump's tax fraud and only Trump's tax fraud.

    One talking head after another talked about nothing but what the previous talking head said about the only news of the day: Trump's tax fraud.

    I don't even like Trump but the degree to which "the News" is obsessed with the tax issues of a former president only made me comment that these chronically outraged talking heads are no different than the former Rush Limbaugh's army of unthinking "Ditto-Heads".

    Fortunately, my Democrat house mates even agreed that the relentless Trump bashing was excessive while there is so much else going on in the world.

    I'm an Independent and have no use for either Trump or the current administrations but I wonder how many hard core Democrats really see the degree to which they are very little different than Rush's unthinking Ditto-Heads when they parrot our present gaggle of chronically outraged and obsessed Trump hating Talking Heads.
     
    Grau, Sep 22, 2022
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  11. independentthinker

    independentthinker Well-Known Member

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    Okay. But, I am mainly pointing out the hypocrisy on how they attacked Trump and how they don't attack Biden.
     
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    Are you kidding?
    I hear the Puerto Rico hurricane story on the news(radio) on both to and from work.
    The damage is still being assessed for crying out loud.
     
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    Of course, their still in assessment mode and cleanup hasn't had a chance to start.
    I hear about this hurricane 2X a day on the radio. On way to and from work.

    This thread is weird. Or maybe it's just a reason to complain?
     
    dairyair, Sep 22, 2022
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    trump said it was so. So, it has to be true, amiright?
     
    dairyair, Sep 22, 2022
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    They're trying to make us believe that Biden COULD be just as lousy a President as Trump. But by failing so miserably to do that, they don't realize that they are actually elevating Biden by allowing us to point out an improvement that we might not even have noticed, if they hadn't tried to compare him to their "Leader"
     
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  16. independentthinker

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    Oh, sorry. Maybe you could post those links which blame Biden for his response. I must have missed them, even as the place is in shambles. So, don't go telling me that he did this or that when the place is a disaster.
     
    independentthinker, Sep 22, 2022
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  17. freedom8

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    Yeah, I also miss the pictures of Trump throwing bags of toilet paper to the crowd.:lol::lol::lol:
     
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  18. dairyair

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    Response to what?
    The damage assessment is still on going. They could only get assessing today.
    What are you expecting at this point?
    Besides a place to complain?
     
    dairyair, Sep 22, 2022
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  19. independentthinker

    independentthinker Well-Known Member

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    They were already attacking Trump by now. They didn't wait for assessments then.
     
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    Congress passed a $90 billion relief package for Puerto Rico. Trump withheld half of it for political reasons, trying to get Puerto Rico to "his side" and "praise him" for helping them.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino...s-blocked-puerto-rico-receiving-hurri-rcna749

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/22/hurricane-maria-puerto-rico-trump-delayed-aid

    https://www.npr.org/2020/01/15/7966...-administration-lifts-hold-on-puerto-rico-aid

    https://naturalresources.house.gov/...ly-approving-overdue-assistance-is-no-triumph
     
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    flyboy56 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I understand that.
     
    flyboy56, Sep 22, 2022
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  22. dairyair

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    I doubt it.
     
    dairyair, Sep 22, 2022
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  23. independentthinker

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    LOL. You guys have attacked Trump nonstop for six years now over stuff you thought he would do, stuff you thought he wanted to do, stuff you thought he might do, etc. You were already attacking Trump during the last hurricane before even evaluating the damage.
     
    independentthinker, Sep 23, 2022
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    And you have attacked Democrats for how long? All 8 years of Clinton. All 8 years of Obama. All the years of the Biden Administration. And you get your cajones in a jam because Trump got the same treatment?
     
    Alwayssa, Sep 23, 2022
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    LOL. I voted for both Clinton and Obama.
     
    independentthinker, Sep 23, 2022
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