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Trump plans to stop disaster relief funds to Puerto Rico
NY Post ^ | November 12, 2018 | 2:06am | AP

Posted on 11/12/2018 1:06:18 AM PST by conservative98

President Donald Trump reportedly plans to stop financial aid to millions of Americans in Puerto Rico still dealing with the devastating effects of Hurricane Maria.

The president believes, without evidence, that the Puerto Rican government is using the disaster relief funds to pay off debt rather than help its citizens rebuild, according to Axios.

The island nation is still rebuilding after Maria’s destruction more than a year ago; most of the country waited almost 11 months for power to be restored and thousands of people are still displaced after their homes were destroyed.

Trump was initially reluctant to send money to Puerto Rico and has continually complained about having to do so since.

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KEYWORDS: associateddepressed; associateddpressed; corruption; enoughalready; fakenews; federalspending; fraud; govtabuse; hurricanes; mediabias; puertorico; trump; trumpfema
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To: mindburglar
He has evidence, but since when has that mattered to these neanderthals?

Then he needs to present it and shut up all these news outlets who are saying he's just being vindictive.

21 posted on 11/12/2018 2:33:33 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: conservative98

How do they know he has no evidence? I’m thinking that learning that food was left to rot in warehouses, bottles of water sitting in parking lot, an entire island of deadbeats and welfare recipients(many of whom now live in Florida, BTW, and have no intention of ever going back.

Hopefully, the FBI and DOJ will do their job and perp walk that nasty mayor and others onto a plane and into a courtroom.

Be nice if some industrious folks moved onto the island and turned it around, since so many residents are now calling the mainland home and have no intention of ever going back. Be nice to see the island live up to its full potential. Of course, once it’s turned into a money-making tourist destination, they’ll all want to go back and claim their birthright and steal all the money.

Should have let them claim their independence and become their own country a long, long time ago.


22 posted on 11/12/2018 2:39:35 AM PST by qaz123
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To: be-baw

It’s easy to use disaster relief funds to pay down debt without using disaster relief funds. You simply use disaster relief funds to cover normal budget items like welfare, police protection, etc, then use money normally spent for that to pay off debt. And if you’re like any good third world dictator, you siphon off some to secret accounts to pay off everyone involved.


23 posted on 11/12/2018 3:00:03 AM PST by mongrel
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To: conservative98
The president believes, without evidence...

I am so tired of this new trite phrase from the MSM.

24 posted on 11/12/2018 3:02:35 AM PST by Flick Lives
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To: conservative98

With out evidence?!!
He has his boot up Jerry Browns keister too


25 posted on 11/12/2018 3:03:38 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: be-baw
Behind the scenes: In late October, Trump grew furious after reading a Wall Street Journal article by Matt Wirz...

Hold it. We were told by the MSM that Trump doesn't read.

26 posted on 11/12/2018 3:06:05 AM PST by Flick Lives
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To: mongrel

You nailed it.


27 posted on 11/12/2018 3:07:12 AM PST by be-baw (still seeking...)
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To: LibWhacker

Yeah but ya know every welfare sucking one of them are dem voters


28 posted on 11/12/2018 3:53:57 AM PST by Joe Boucher (Criminals at F.B.I., Justice Dept, I.R.S and No one taken out in cuffs? Federal gub mint is crappola)
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To: Flick Lives

“I am so tired of this new trite phrase from the MSM.”

Me too. Because the evidence eventually seems to arrive later for Trump.

For example, Trump said (”without evidence”) that his campaign was being spied upon by the federal government...then later came the evidence. What happened to the reporting? Without evidence they write the it really wasn’t spying...this was so serious that the government had an “informant” b/c a presidential candidate had a Russian spy in his ranks and Trump could not be let in on this. This is not journalism, these people are not the 4th estate, they are part of the swamp.


29 posted on 11/12/2018 3:57:06 AM PST by Susquehanna Patriot (Evolution is the long term solution to Global Warming. So let's party while we can!)
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To: turfmann

I’ve read several articles that uses the words without evidence regarding conservatives as of late. I stop reading the rest of it when I come to that because it shows me it’s going downhill so why bother the old blood pressure.


30 posted on 11/12/2018 4:06:51 AM PST by lilypad
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To: LibWhacker
What do they need statehood for? Eight hundred thousand PR's migrated to Florida this past year, double-dipping on public assistance and choking up schools, neighborhoods, hospitals and emergency rooms with their kids. On the streets of Florida you now have vehicles with Puerto Rican license plates.

They are all at The Home Depot and Lowe's, needing English/Spanish translators so they can buy the most expensive cordless power tools (the only kind they buy because power grid on the island is unreliable) to ship back to family there. They have UNLIMITED funds, thanks to the U.S. taxpayer.

The women have bleached and bottle-blonded their hair to make them look like North American WASPS. The men wear gold around their necks thick as bicycle chains. Arrogant, disgusting grifters all.

31 posted on 11/12/2018 4:29:13 AM PST by 4Runner
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To: conservative98

Why are disaster relief funds going through the local governments and not through FEMA or other federal agencies?


32 posted on 11/12/2018 4:34:46 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: mindburglar

I doubt Trump would do this without evidence, but that’s what the corporate media wants people to believe. They’ve been pushing this ‘without evidence’ stuff for awhile. The democrat party is totally in bed with them. They want to make it a crime to not believe their propaganda.


33 posted on 11/12/2018 4:37:02 AM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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To: DoodleDawg

Yeah, like evidence has anything to do with what lies they tell on a daily basis.


34 posted on 11/12/2018 4:51:03 AM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: conservative98

Very doubtful Trump makes decisions like this “without evidence” as article states. Thus, more fake news Bullshit from the totally unreliable MSM.


35 posted on 11/12/2018 4:52:26 AM PST by GoldenPup
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To: conservative98

“without evidence”

That phrase always seems to pop up when Trump claims something that makes DemocRats look bad.

You NEVER, EVER saw those words when Obongo was president.


36 posted on 11/12/2018 5:01:53 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Trump: "In the meantime, I'm president and you're not!")
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To: conservative98

The commie media will say that he didn’t send them anything in the first place.


37 posted on 11/12/2018 6:11:21 AM PST by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: jacknhoo

Exactly


38 posted on 11/12/2018 11:26:21 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: DoughtyOne

All of the other islands that were affected are restored. What is the problem with PR?


39 posted on 11/16/2018 4:47:25 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: Jimmy Valentine

I think you’ve got a lot of diversion down there. Something is going on.

IMO < some areas recovered a lot better than others. The lady mayor I addressed refused to go through the steps to get things routed to her people.

She hasn’t shut up about the result of that yet.


40 posted on 11/16/2018 11:58:18 AM PST by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 $215.71 frm 50% increase in 1.2183 yrs)
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