YES! San Juan mayor wears "nasty" shirt to TV interview in response to Trump

[kpete]

San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz wore a T-shirt displaying the word “nasty” during a television interview Wednesday, after President Trump repeatedly used the term to describe her.

Cruz said the shirt was meant to reference Trump's remarks as she discussed it during an interview with Jorge Ramos on Univision’s "Al Punto."

"What is truly nasty is that anyone would turn their back on the Puerto Rican people," Cruz said during the interview, which was conducted in Spanish.



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[Madam45for2923]

1. She has seen evil in the face & she won't back down.

[MyOwnPeace]

10. Great tribute to Tom Petty!

and, OF COURSE, her own courage!

"She Won't Back Down!"

[ATL Ebony]

41. That, and Trump's refererence to Hillary as a Nasty Woman

[montana_hazeleyes]

19. Oh, that is perfect!

[George II]

48. I can't count the number of times I've posted that Tom Petty video in the last year here

[malaise]

2. Yes!

Rec

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. Good, we need the rest of the world to know that trump does not represent us.

That he is president only to about 30% of us, that we know he is an openly racist piece of shit, and so on.

This mayor woman has more qualifications to be president in her left earlobe than dumbshit has in his entire existence.

[Leghorn21]

4. Oh HELL yeah, Madame Cruz!!!

[mythology]

5. While I appreciate the sentiment

It's not a good look to order a special shirt to thumb her nose at Trump when Puerto Rico is in the situation it is.

It's not like she's going to shame him into being a decent human being.

[Freethinker65]

7. Gotta admit I agree with you

[MyOwnPeace]

11. NO! NO! NO!

HE started it - HE is the one who called her "NASTY!"

She needs to keep throwing that back at him to show the WHOLE WORLD what a NASTY ASSHOLE he truly is!

[Freethinker65]

33. The focus should be on helping Puerto Rico, not on her shirt

Just my opinion- Let others fight the "Nasty" battle with Trump. Many react to "Nasty" the way most here on DU react to "MAGA". Providing aid to fellow Americans should be nonpartisan.

[MyOwnPeace]

39. Oh, this is not.........

the time to fight "nasty?"
We should do it after the aid has been provided and we can then address the issue regarding the President's disrespect for the Mayor?
We should not consider how the government has failed to provide quick and substantial aid - but has the President being disrespectful to a government leader from a part of these United States that has suffered terrible loses and devastation - but we should ignore her "statement" - that she has been called "NASTY" because she stood up for the people of Puerto Rico?

It's just my opinion - she was "SO RIGHT" and the American public needs to see how she has stood up to serve her people - AMERICANS - deserving of the best that we can do.

To NOT respect her and her fight is just NASTY.

[Freethinker65]

43. Not what I was saying at all. We, as Democrats, should defend her against the moronic POTUS

Trump does a pretty good job himself exposing his deficiencies, vindictiveness, misogyny, and narcissism.

She, and all of us as a nation, should continue to unite and press for aid to Puerto Rico.

Yes. She has every right to defend herself by whatever means she chooses. My concern is only that by wearing the shirt, unfair as it may be, that more attention will be given to the meaning of "Nasty" than to her words about what is desperately needed in San Juan and surrounding areas of Puerto Rico.

[Juliusseizure]

50. I think enough is enough

Appeasing bullies by staying silent invites more bullying. You're deemed weak and disrespected more. If you fight a bully's fire with fire, they respect you.

I see her shirt as demonstrating she won't be bullied and intimidated into submission.

"Nasty" represents feminist equality. It has meaning. You're missing a bigger point. She's the mayor and represents those citizens. An assault on her is an assault on them. Trump went after both.

She begged for help from the government. They were "dying". She didn't criticize Trump. Her calls got negative media attention for Trump. THATS WHAT GOT HIM TO ACT.

At all times, his attitude has been "these beaners are lucky to be American citizens and get any help. They can wait, and I'll point out they're second class citizens too. I'll also bash the uppity mayor for the negative attention, getting in sewage and hugging victims - made me look uncaring. I'll call what she said "fake news" so her constituents don't believe her, and get cronies to criticize her not appearing at meetings to reduce her to nothing.

Do you get the abuse he dished out?

Her wearing the shirt won't jeopardize federal care. It restores her self dignity and is empowering.

[Freethinker65]

53. Agree to disagree on the shirt...but agree with her words and actions. She is an inspiration.

[Hortensis]

71. How does cheering on insults of Trump help Puerto Rico?

This whole insulting business is very unseemly on all fronts. Puerto Ricans are Americans. If WE don't care about them, no one is going to. Right now,

People can't continue to live in any houses, broken or whole, without power.
10,000 people are still in shelters.
People can't buy food without incomes.
People can't go to work without power.
Children can't go to school without power.
Newborns have to be flown to Miami for life-saving care.

It's Thursday. These children need to be in school.

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[LanternWaste]

57. Human beings have a capacity to focus on many concepts simultaneously

"The focus should be on helping Puerto Rico, not on her shirt..."

Human beings have a capacity to focus on many concepts simultaneously, while not minimizing or reducing reactions to any of them in doing so.

Thinking otherwise is on you... but don't project that limitation onto others without objective evidence to support the allegation.

[Freethinker65]

58. Agree to disagree on the shirt...but agree with her words and actions. She is an inspiration.

[moda253]

68. Bullshit. You fight when the fight has been brought to you.

For her to back down would be her letting her constituents down.

He brought the fight to her and we cannot let him think that he gets to get away with it. Ever.

[n2doc]

15. Maybe somebody sent it to her?

I missed reference to how she got it.

[Lisa0825]

60. Exactly what I thought. Or maybe someone there had one already and just gave it to her. nt

[pwb]

16. Maybe someone FedEx it to her.?

People may have sent her hundreds of them in every color. i doubt she bought it.

[uponit7771]

21. She can call attention to his horribleness

[Raine]

25. I gotta agree

I thought this too. The idiot has all the power and this doesn't help the suffering people of PR.

[IronLionZion]

29. You don't know how or when she got that shirt

PR went hard for Hillary in the primaries. Hillary got more votes than all Republican candidates combined. Some of them might have ordered or printed some Nasty Woman shirts as it's too hot for pussy hats.

[heaven05]

30. how do you know

how she got that t-shirt. You're assuming a lot in trying to protect that racist ass potus..from a strong, courageous woman who is well aware what state Puerto Rico is in, SHE LIVED AND IS LIVING/WADING IN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cwydro]

62. Yes.

What you said.

[mopinko]

34. i dont think you do appreciate the sentiment.

what else can he do to her? or to puerto rico?

good for her for resisting.

[icymist]

40. It's not that unfeasible to have already have iron on tee shirt letters.

Anyone who does crafts would have some sitting around.

[efhmc]

44. Yes, but she can call attention to his hatefulness.

Again and again and again and again to women and POC.

[George II]

49. You don't think someone ordered it for her?

[Doreen]

6. Gotta love her.

[Sophiegirl]

8. He as an propensity

To call strong women "Nasty." Doesn't he.

[fierywoman]

9. A woman has the balls to speak truth to power.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

69. Ovaries.

Balls are smushy and easily hurt.

[George II]

12. She faced him down yesterday, and he all but dismissed her. Did you all see her during the....

...."round table" summary where he went on about screwing up the budget? She was stewing!

[betsuni]

45. I saw that!

I think she was trying to keep from leaping up and strangling him by silently repeating SERENITY NOW.

[George II]

46. Yes indeed.....

[Adrahil]

13. She's a bad ass. I want to see here take that orange buffoon DOWN. NT

[keithbvadu2]

14. Trump still has some good Christian women supporters

Trump still has some good Christian women supporters

[Lucky Luciano]

17. Nice muffin-top she has. I'm sure the shitgibbon will be right there. nt

[bdamomma]

18. oh geez

that is disgusting.....some people just don't have a clue huh? or they like being BS'ed by a big BS'er.

[George II]

47. Glad I saw it late at night, I'll hopefully forget about that by breakfast tomorrow.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

20. And that's going to make America great again?

[MrsCoffee]

23. Seriously, how desperate would you have to be to wear something like that?

His fan club is beyond deranged.

[BigmanPigman]

35. She is NOT a woman in my opinion.

I respect women and I have less than no respect for HER. Oops, I mean I have no respect for IT!

[lunasun]

37. talk about nasty !

[milestogo]

22. I love her. Carmen Yuln Cruz for President!

[PatSeg]

24. Whoa!!!

Oh, Trump doesn't handle strong women very well. He's messed with the wrong mayor.

[Honeycombe8]

26. Whoa. I like her more & more. But I wonder if that's the best way to get results. nt

[Sucha NastyWoman]

27. She borrowed my shirt

Looks good on her too

[Marthe48]

32. :)

Glad you've found DU

[Marthe48]

28. Bless her!

Rock on, lady, rock on

[Xipe Totec]

31. #badhembra nt

[lunasun]

36. She reminds me of the saying -Well behaved women seldom make history

Tell the truth for your people

[colsohlibgal]

38. She So Rocks!

Love that feisty woman, go girl! She is a big new hero of mine.

I do admit to some confusion about her though...this weekend Joy Reed described her as a woman of color? I'm not seeing it unless the color is white.

Whatever love that feisty shirt, girl has grit, as a USA citizen....she out to be eligible to run for National Office, right?

She definitely is in he National conscience now.

[spooky3]

42. Don't you consider Latinas women of color?

Many consider themselves to be,

[OldHippieChick]

59. Not to quibble, but the US Census

considers all Hispanics and Latinos to be white.

[spooky3]

61. Sorry, but I think that's incorrect.

Per this site: https://www.census.gov/topics/population/hispanic-origin.html

Hispanics and Latinas can be of any race.

[OldHippieChick]

65. I was employed by the Census Bureau after 2010. I was trained for over 40

hours. I went door-to-door. I knew every category. I had numerous Hispanic/Latino families who wanted to list their race as other than white. But the Census Bureau defined them as: "white of Spanish descent", "white of Mexican descent", "white of Latin American descent", etc.

[spooky3]

66. Are you aware that many have Native American, Caribbean,,

And African American or African ancestry?

Surely you did not classify them in the same way.

And I don't believe people always self identify as the Census may classify them; being "of color" does not necessarily correspond with government classifications of race, which may be why some you met reacted as they did.

That's why the Civil Rights Act, among others, mentions race and color separately.

The question that led to this SU thread concerned why Joy Reid would refer to Mayor Cruz as a woman of color.

[OldHippieChick]

67. I didn't realize you wanted to go over the entire form. Sorry

just don't have time to play today. You win.

[BarbD]

51. Great way to stand up to a bully.

She knows that kowtowing to Trump will get her nothing. The only hope she has to get help for her people is to expose him for what he is and shame him into action. This takes courage of which she has shown to have a bucketful.

[L. Coyote]

52. Who is the cake face dude?

[flamingdem]

54. Go Carmen!

She's fantastic. So refreshing that she tells it like it is.

[SunSeeker]

55. Good for her. As Rex said, Trump is a fucking moron.

[Loyd]

56. As she Should!

My only question is: Can she run for POTUS or VPOTUS in 2020?

[NastyRiffraff]

63. She's an American citizen

but she can't vote for president. It's a strange situation; I don't know, but I'd certainly support her if she can!

[Amimnoch]

70. VERY interesting question. Doesn't look like settled law.

Made me very curious as well. I'd vote for her!

doing some searching, there's speculation, even from the SCOTUS, that she could, but it doesn't look like a settled case though.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/can-a-puerto-rican-be-president-justice-breyer-speculates/

Then there's this link that indicates that the Jones Act ensures it:

https://boricuolandia.wordpress.com/2013/07/08/can-a-puerto-rican-run-for-president-of-the-us/

[backscatter712]

64. Carmen Cruz for President!

The current President of Puerto Rico needs to be fired.

[Gothmog]

72. I really admire the mayor of San Juan