Puerto Rico's governor fires emergency team after they failed to distribute needed supplies to the island's residents. |
It is the most populated U.S. territory. With a population of 4.2 million residents, the territory is struggling with three controversial options.
1. Continue to remain a commonwealth.
2. Become a U.S. state.
3. Become an independent nation.
The territory speaks majority Spanish and the residents living there are U.S. citizens by birth.
However, they cannot vote in the U.S. presidential election, they have no Senators or U.S. Representatives.
Scratch that. They do have a U.S. Representative who is the resident commissioner who is only a delegate who can only vote in committees but not on general votes. Due to the Inslur Act, many residents who live in the five U.S. territories aren't granted voting rights or proper representation.
In American Samoa, they are U.S. Nationals and must have a special passport to enter the mainland despite the territory having the largest recruitment of residents enlisting in the military.
Governor Wanda Vazquez was not pleased about the territory's failure in leadership. |
Trump pretty much written off Puerto Rico after its political leaders complained about the government's slow walking.
Governor Wanda Vazquez was pissed that government officials hid necessary rations in a storage unit outside of the city of Ponce.
She fired Puerto Rico's emergency manager Carlo Acevedo out the cannon.
Trump blamed Puerto Ricans for holding up necessary FEMA aid.
The warehouse had hoards of food, water, cots and unused emergency supplies during checks for damages from the earthquake several days ago.
Warehouse of supplies. Trump can boast that he gave to Puerto Rico. |
The findings of supplies comes as a vindication for Trump who long blasted the ineptness of the former governor Ricardo Rossello. He claimed that poor planning and leadership from the 2017 hurricane was the reason why the territory suffered.
"So many wonderful people, but with such bad island leadership and with so much money wasted," said Trump through his social media.
He said that Congress gave $91 billion to Puerto Rico. He said that the territory got more money than the 50 states.
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