Meet Carmen Yulin Cruz, Who's Fighting The Trump Administration for Puerto Rico

[DonViejo]

WHO IS SAN JUAN'S MAYOR? MEET CARMEN YULÍN CRUZ, WHO'S FIGHTING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR PUERTO RICO

BY JULIA GLUM ON 9/30/17 AT 10:41 AM

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Link to tweet

Cruz lived on the U.S. mainland for more than a decade, attending school at Boston University and Carnegie Mellon University, before getting involved in politics in Puerto Rico. She worked for the San Juan mayor and Puerto Rico House of Representatives, according to the local chamber of commerce.

Cruz was elected to lead San Juan, the roughly 350,000-person capital of Puerto Rico, in 2012, when she beat out incumbent Jorge Santini. She's a member of the Popular Democratic Party, which supports Puerto Rico remaining a U.S. commonwealth as opposed to becoming a state, and has pushed for gender equality, LGBT rights and help for people with disabilities.

Cruz has never been one to mince words. When she won her second term last fall, Cruz said people do not choose to be leaders but are born, Índice reported. She also warned of the "need to make alliances" because that's "the way people want us to govern."

This week, after acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke said she thought the aftermath of Hurricane Maria was "a good news story in terms of our ability to reach people and the limited number of deaths that have taken place," Cruz fought back on CNN.

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http://www.newsweek.com/carmen-yulin-cruz-trump-tweets-puerto-rico-674924

[DK504]

1. BU and Carnegie Mellon?

Holy fuckknuckles! She's smart!!!!! Okay we all knew that, but damnnnnnnn. I hope she runs for governor and kicks that ass kisser out and turns the country around and makes the TIC pay his bills. She kicks ass and takes names. I love her!!!!

[Scurrilous]

2. K&R

[Gothmog]

3. 'I am begging, begging anyone that can hear me to save us from dying...we are dying'

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/9/29/1702781/-San-Juan-Mayor-I-am-begging-begging-anyone-that-can-hear-me-to-save-us-from-dying-we-are-dying