White House to Puerto Rico Today: ‘President Is Behind You.’ White House on Puerto Rico on Monday Reportedly Had No Plan to Intervene.
‘Worse Than Katrina’
Sarah Huckabee Sanders has a message for the people of Puerto Rico: “The president is behind you, we all are, the entire country.” But just days ago, the White House had a very different message: We have nothing planned for Puerto Rico.
Press Sec.: “Our message to the incredible people of Puerto Rico is this: the president is behind you, we all are, the entire country.” pic.twitter.com/YrXPHXaCyZ
— ABC News (@ABC) September 28, 2017
That’s according to Holly O’Reilly, a Seattle singer-songwriter and political activist who in June penned a Washington Post op-ed about President Trump blocking her on Twitter.
O’Reilly claims that a source “was on a conference call with FEMA on Monday,” about the crisis in Puerto Rico, with Trump administration offices including the Coast Guard, FEMA, and the Dept. of Defense, among others. She says that, according to her source, after all the other federal agencies shared their plans for the U.S. territory, it was the White House’s turn.Â
They had “nothing planned.”
NCRM has not verified this accounting, but given the White House’s performance over the past week on Puerto Rico, it’s certainly plausible. President Trump himself spent the weekend tweeting about the NFL, while ignoring Puerto Rico for five days straight.
O’Reilly calls it “worse than Katrina.”
Here’s her statement:
2- This is 5 days after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico. Others on the call: pic.twitter.com/geJvXDsgr4
— Holly O’Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) September 28, 2017
4- WH answer?
No report, no activity.â°â°Nothing planned for Puerto Rico.
“We were all stunned”, this source said.
— Holly O’Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) September 28, 2017
6- …while DoD, FEMA, all government agencies and non-government agencies were ready to go or had already started activities on the ground.
— Holly O’Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) September 28, 2017
7- This is worse than Katrina.
Bush was inept and unprepared.Trump just does not give a fuck about brown people.
Period.— Holly O’Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) September 28, 2017
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