Yeah, if all they see is the excerpt I posted, many will find a way to spin it as praise.
More from Erickson, though, makes clear that he was NOT posting praise:
And, again, this is not a moderate. He’s a fire-breathing right-winger; he’s one of Rush Limbaugh’s chosen guest hosts. If he’s disgusted by Trump (and apparently he is), that’s saying something.
And a long time dedicated “nevertrumper”.
There are a few of them.
Even they will have Trump fans among their readers/viewers/listeners. Anytime they take the higher road of speaking out, knowing that some of their audience won’t like it, I applaud them.
"Guaynabo’s mayor, Angel Perez, said in an interview with The Daily Caller that his experience with the federal government has been different from Cruz’s, in part because — unlike Cruz — he has been participating in meetings with officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other federal agencies.
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When asked about Cruz’s “genocide” statement, Perez said, “I don’t know why she is saying that. What I can tell you is my experience. She is not participating in any meetings and we had a couple already with the governors and with representation of FEMA and of HUD, of these whole federal agencies that have given us help and she’s not participating in those meetings and some mayors from her political party have been participating, so I don’t know why she is saying that. My experience is very different.”
… Cruz refused to come to FEMA command center after having been invited several times.
She’s taking the word of an anonymous source. What happened to your disgust with such?
Can you cite a direct quote from the mayor as to why she won’t or can’t go?
You have the word of the mayor of the neighboring town that she is not participating in any FEMA meetings.
Radio Announcer: What is your name?
Police Caller: I cannot give my name because I work for Puerto Rico’s Police Department. I need to pass this information out because the stuff that is being brought from the U.S. is not being distributed. They are not allowing the Puerto Rican people to receive the donations.
Radio Announcer: What part of Puerto Rico are you calling us from right now?
Police Caller: I am right now in Guaynabo.
Radio Announcer 2: Wow.
Radio Announcer 3: But what information do you have? What have you seen?
Police Caller: The Mayor, Carmen Yulin, is not allowing anyone to distribute… We need… what Puerto Ricans need is that the U.S. armed forces come in and distribute the aid. And that they stop the governor, Rosello, and the mayor, Yulin, on doing what they are doing… It’s an abuse, it looks like communism, in our own island (sobbing)… (sobbing continues, inaudible translation due to cries)…
Police Caller (cont.): People are helping us, but they are not accepting it, they are not accepting anymore help supposedly: “they have to wait for the license, that there are no buses.” …Let me tell you something Boricuas (Puerto Ricans) are dying of hunger (crying continues) … This is a bureaucracy, everything has to be protocol, the lines are stretched. …We can only give one box of water per person (sobbing continues). …The medics here, people are dying, the hospitals are in crisis.
Police Caller (cont.): I am embarrassed, as a Boricua to work for Puerto Rico’s police and see that we cannot do anything. There are dozens and thousands and thousands of food and when people ask we cannot give anything away because [Mayor] Carmen Yulin says that we cannot take anything out; because everything is a soap opera, everything is a show and there have to be cameras here and there. ….Because you know they are just looking for votes for the upcoming years.
Radio Announcer 2: Wow
Police Caller: And the governor won’t move unless there is a camera behind him; [Mayor] Carmen Yulin won’t move unless there is a camera behind her. This is how we are living in Puerto Rico, meanwhile artists are giving money and the people of Florida are sending stuff, and I don’t know how many more people are helping because we have very limited communication, very limited, and we have no idea what’s going on outside; and the people who are sending stuff, they have to come in; they have to come to help Puerto Rico and distribute what is being wasted …because what else are we going to do? You tell me, what are we going to do?
Radio Announcer #2: Of course the desperation…
Radio Announcer #3: We are with our hearts broken listening to you describing this situation which is heartbreaking when we know that so many people are helping …this is a police officer speaking.
Police Caller: I’ve been for one hour and a half just trying to download an application because the phones that they give to us I cannot use them as a police officer due to security measures. But I need to speak for the people because the people are suffering. Because I, as a cop, and other partners are seeing it. A lot of people have been posting videos (sobbing – inaudible) …and no-one is paying attention.
Radio Announcer #3: We are truly sorry for this situation, we did not know that…
Police Caller: If Cuba and Venezuela want to help and we are grateful for that; and that the government denies their help, the government denies Cuba’s help. …That they reject Venezuela’s help, …Look for God’s sake! Tell me how is that possible, we need help.
Radio Announcer #3: We are going to send this message out so that it gets to where it needs to get to…
Police Caller: We want the U.S. to come in, that the strongest forces come in and take the governor out, he is not doing anything, he is just going around and around, …and everyone is like: “oh, look how nice, the governor, he is going in the mud, he is going in the water”, And where is it? Pardon the expression: WHERE IS THE FOOD?
Police Caller (cont.): Look, grab the food, grab the sausage can and take it to the families! Stop the show! The governor is just doing a show, is all a show. There are many mayors that are suffering because they cannot do anything for their people.
Radio Announcer #2: What are they doing with the food? Is it being kept in storage because they are not allowing to give it out?
Police Caller: They are not doing anything, and they tell the harbors (ports) that they cannot bring stuff anymore. If the U.S. government doesn’t get involved they will finish us. We are going to end up worse. …Worse than Cuba, Africa, or worse than Haiti. We are living in an era that you don’t want to see, people are desperate. The gasoline, people are already killing each other. Not to rob you, they are doing it so they can be the firsts to get food and take it to their families.
Police Caller (cont.): Do you know what it is when a woman approaches me and tells me “I don’t have any more.” “I don’t know what else to give my kids because I don’t have anymore.” “Water and crackers”!
Radio Announcer #1: Sweetie, thank you for calling us and using this medium to denounce this situation; and good thing that it was you who explained this so that people don’t think that we are making up stuff; because this has nothing to do with politics. This is a very serious situation.
Police Caller: Very Serious (sobbing continues)
Audio/video cuts off
If they’re communicating, there’s no real need to actually, physically be there, right?
Did she just refuse or are there better things she can do with her time?
Or is she being punished?
Or is it because the New Progressive Party is conservative?
FEMA administrator Brock Long in an interview with CNN:
“LONG: First of all, so we have great communication with Governor Rossello, and I know the president has spoken with him today. The vice president was with us as well. Not only the Governor Rossello but Governor Mapp of the Virgin Islands, they were hit pretty hard as well.
The bottom line is we have great communication. The governors are part of our unified command effort. The problem we have with the mayor unfortunately is unity of command is what is needed, is ultimately what’s needed to be successful in this response. The bottom line is we’ve had a joint field office established for numerous days in San Juan, and what we need is for the mayor to make her way to the joint field office and get plugged into what’s going on and be successful. So I think that’s the bottom line on that tweet. ,”
Nah. The mayor would rather grandstand.
Or is it because Mayor Cruz was a huge Hillary supporter and is being told to try to make things look as bad as possible for political reasons?
Yeah, now the *next *Democratic nominee is sure to carry Puerto Rico’s electoral votes. :rolleyes:
Dear, dear, is it *never *possible for you to give credit to a Democrat for simply doing the decent thing? Do you even know what it is anymore?
She’s been in communication with the field office. Why should she have to physically appear? How is that more efficient?
How is she grandstanding? Or should she play golf instead?
Cite? :dubious:
Uh…yeah. Gee I hope more of my constituent die so I can score political points against the president.
And what exactly does a “huge Hillary supporter” in PR do? Encourage Puerto Ricans to think good thoughts on Election Day?
Mankind has debated the existence and qualities of the soul throughout its entire history. Not one of the people who have participated in those discussions, however, would contend that you have one. And were they to make such a mistake due to dementia or some other affliction, their judgement as to its post-corporal destination would be universally not in your favor.
That blogger (and why should a partisan blogger be the best to go for news? What a sad effort from Okrahoma) complained that the Mayor’s image of her in waist deep water is just a photo op :rolleyes: ; well, that is still more of an effort than going to play golf.
Do you have any idea how difficult it is to haul that corpulent ass out in and out of a golf cart?
I tried patience, understanding, etc.
It didn’t work. It’s literally still the same identical assholes every time, spewing the same identical stupid shit. So fuck 'em.
Patience. He’s looking for an anonymous source.
Doesn’t he have people to DO that for him?