Trump also lashed out at comments made by San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz at a press conference on Friday. Republican Nydia Velazquez, a New York Democrat who was born in Puerto Rico, said last this week that she was “offended and insulted” by Trump’s tweet. After going days without mentioning Puerto Rico following Maria, however, administration officials have attempted to play catchup, holding numerous press conferences to describe their relief efforts; Trump now manages to get in a mention of Puerto Rico at nearly every public event. Though more than 1 million Puerto Ricans have now received water and food rations, telecommunications have only been restored to 30 percent of the island. That leaves tens of thousands of people without access to necessities, most urgently water, long after the September 20 hurricane.

Source: Egypt Independent October 01, 2017 08:48 UTC