Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017.
On October 12, 2017, 3 weeks later, President Trump tweeted:
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"Puerto Rico survived the Hurricanes, now a financial crisis looms largely of their own making." says Sharyl Attkisson. A total lack of accountability say the Governor. Electric and all infrastructure was disaster before hurricanes. Congress to decide how much to spend. We cannot keep FEMA, the Military & the First Responders, who have been amazing (under the most difficult circumstances) in P.R. forever!
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However, if you look at FEMA's website at FEMA.gov you will find that as of 2015 (the last time the page was updated) FEMA was still involved in the recovery efforts from Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and Mississippi. Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005. That was 10 years before the article was written. There are updates to some Katrina pages into 2016. I have not found anything saying that we are not still involved in the Katrina recovery today, 12 years after the hurricane hit.
https://www.fema.gov/news-release/20...ricane-katrina
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Ten years into the recovery, FEMA continues to support communities and families, working side-by-side with state, local, and tribal partners to finish the job of rebuilding communities that are the economic engines and lifeblood of the Gulf Coast. To date, FEMA has provided $6.7 billion to more than one million individuals and households. FEMA has also provided more than $15 billion to Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida for thousands of public works projects, including the repair and rebuilding of schools, hospitals, roads, police and fire stations, and historic buildings.
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My question is, How come American Citizens in New Orleans and Mississippi are worthy of receiving aid 10 years after the disaster and there is not a peep out of the President but he is complaining about American Citizens in Puerto Rico receiving aid 3 weeks after their catastrophe? Why are the people of the mainland United States more entitled to help then the people of Puerto Rico are?
In my opinion we should help Puerto Rico until they do not need the help any more, just like any other part of the United States.
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