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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNelson Rosario's Dad in Puerto Rico wants him to share one fact.
'My dad lives on the island. I shared the President's response with him this morning. He wanted me to share one anecdote in response.
For context, my dad is helping with rebuilding right now, and has friends in the govt, elected and appointed, on the island.
After I told him what the President said he went quiet and said "Wow." A second later he says "I'm gonna share one detail with you. One.
"There's a medical center down here, and everyone that was in the Intensive Care Unit, died. Everyone. That's just one detail."'
Link: https://twitter.com/NelsonMRosario
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)The Truth is coming out. And Dumb Donnie is and will be held accountable for his Vindictiveness.
rzemanfl
(29,540 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)We'll be hearing about what happened there eventually.
LAS14
(13,749 posts)LAS14
(13,749 posts)... about the 12 who died at the nursing home in Florida. It was terrible. We heard it over and over and over. How many have heard about this???
BigmanPigman
(51,432 posts)This will be worse than Bush's Katrina fiasco. There was eventually the evidence that local, state, and federal government officials (both Dem and Repub) screwed up. This is different. He will have blood on his hands alone.
CNN reported that a Puerto Rican woman's husband was ill, no one could communicate, and he eventually died. Still unable to communicate she buried him herself after his body began to decompose. There are a lot more like her.
gopiscrap
(23,674 posts)raven mad
(4,940 posts)Fla Dem
(23,354 posts)raven mad
(4,940 posts)malaise
(267,847 posts)This is such a tragedy
liberalmuse
(18,670 posts)samnsara
(17,572 posts)samnsara
(17,572 posts)Lonestarblue
(9,883 posts)I have posted the following paragraphs on Facebook. If you want to do the same, please feel free to use. If enough people call and write, perhaps we can get a campaign started to use the $10 billion for Puerto Ricoa far better use than a stupid border wall.
The Republican budget includes $10 billion to start building another part of a wall on the border with Mexico. Very few people believe that such a wall is needed or will even be effective. In addition, it will cause huge environmental damage, especially to migrating animals whose habitat will be destroyed, along with destroying many border businesses and costing jobs throughout the U.S. for companies that supply those businesses. Some U.S. citizens may be forced to give up their homes or live on the Mexican side of the wall because of the terrain where the wall would be built.
Meanwhile, Hurricane Maria virtually destoyed the entire island of Puerto Rico, and people there need help. If you agree that the $10 billion would be better spent helping the U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico rebuild their infrastructure, call and write your member of Congress and ask them to dedicate that money to rebuilding Puerto Rico.
RandomAccess
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calimary
(80,700 posts)As is our so-called "leadership*".
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