Trump slams Puerto Rico

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  1. Bowerbird

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    .Ummmm - how did they know where to go to help when the communications on the island was down? Roads were and are blocked and gas pumps dont work without electricity

    Houses are flimsier in places like PR because they have a lower average income
     
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    The things you just named is what they would be doing as national guardsmen, so you didn't answer my question. What were they so busy with their families 2 weeks after the storm that they couldn't help with recovery? You just answered by listing things they would be doing if they showed up for their job.
     
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    Plenty of fuel, no truck drivers.
     
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    No means of transportation of that aid was present, no fuel, no roads, no equipment to fix the roads.
     
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    Yes there were, but there were no people showing up to drive and operate the machines.
     
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    They know because they are trained to know

    The hurricaine was not unexpected
     
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    They were not showing up, because they did not know where to go. They did not know where to go, because they weren't contacted. They weren't contacted, because there was no electricity to do it.
     
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    83% of PR still has NO phone service.. Roads and bridges were washed out collapsed or covered by trees and mudslides.
     
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    You really have no idea why they are not showing and are just making up excuses to fit the situatioon
     
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    We actually have an idea why they did not all show up. You sourced it!
    It never stood in the way for you to assume that the no-showers were just doing nothing.
     
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    Somebody should tell Trump to take a look at the Vietnam War Memorial.. I mean really look at it instead of using it for a photo op... Look how many names are Puerto Rican... They were over represented in the Vietnam War.
     
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    The sourcs says some are police or fire

    But not all
     
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    That might be difficult for you to prove

    And in any case beside the point
     
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    Easy to prove.......... Trump is poorly educated and doesn't care about learning any information. I'll bet he's acting exactly the way he did when his father suddenly shipped him off to that second rather military school.

    Meanwhile, rebuilding PR is going to be horribly expensive. Building materials are far more expensive because of the Jones Act.
     
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    You say its easy to prove but fail to do so

    Nor would it make any difference if you could prove it
     
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    You had a lot who turned up, you had a lot who were policemen, you had a lot who were firemen.
    Who the hell are you to claim, that there still is a large group to even 1 person who does nothing? You can't prove your point, buddy.
    I've been telling you this again and again.
     
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