QOTD: San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz
by digby
Regarding acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke’s vacuous comment that the Hurricane Maria relief efforts are a “good news story”:
“Well, maybe from where she’s standing, it’s a good news story. When you’re drinking from a creek, it’s not a good news story. When you don’t have food for a baby, it’s not a good news story. When you have to pull people down from their buildings — I’m sorry, but that really upsets me and frustrates me. You know, I would ask her to come down here and visit the towns, and then make a statement like that, which frankly, it is an irresponsible statement.”
“Damn it, this is not a good-news story. This is a people-are-dying story. This is a life-or-death story. This is a ‘there’s-a-truck-load-of-stuff-that-cannot-be-taken-to-people story.’ This is a story of a devastation that continues to worsen because people are not getting food and water,” she continued. “It is not a good-news story when people are dying, when they don’t have dialysis, when their generators aren’t working and their oxygen isn’t providing for them. Where is there good news here? … I’m really sorry, but you know when you have people out there dying, literally, scraping for food, where is the good news?”
Meanwhile, here’s the president of the United States this morning:
…The fact is that Puerto Rico has been destroyed by two hurricanes. Big decisions will have to be made as to the cost of its rebuilding!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 29, 2017
This is truly unbelievable.
Yes, he’s obsessing about the cost of rebuilding. While people are suffering and dying.
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