President Trump Under Fire For Referring To Critics Of His Puerto Rico Efforts As ‘Politically Motivated Ingrates’
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October 1, 2017President Trump has been all up on Twitter lately.
Early this morning, he went on a little tweetstorm about the “impossible situation” in Puerto Rico. Can you spot why people are upset?
We have done a great job with the almost impossible situation in Puerto Rico. Outside of the Fake News or politically motivated ingrates,…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 1, 2017
…people are now starting to recognize the amazing work that has been done by FEMA and our great Military. All buildings now inspected…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 1, 2017
…for safety. Thank you to the Governor of P.R. and to all of those who are working so closely with our First Responders. Fantastic job!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 1, 2017
MSM believes Trump directly called suffering Puerto Ricans “ingrates.”
Trump's "ingrates" on Latino hurricane victims comes from the same spirit as his "if a player wants the privilege" tweet on black athletes.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 1, 2017
'Ingrates' — people dealing with a disaster who criticize their governments response https://t.co/TI0oU4GNfj
— Lulu Garcia-Navarro (@lourdesgnavarro) October 1, 2017
"Ingrates." Astonishing. https://t.co/9xynpJnMzy
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 1, 2017
Trump, who's never gone a day in his life without food, water or a nice bed, is attacking those who lost everything as "ingrates"…
— Pé Resists (@4everNeverTrump) October 1, 2017
1.5 MILLION people in Puerto Rico don't have clean drinking water.
Trump calls them "politically-motivated ingrates." pic.twitter.com/0MCCWuxFtI
— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) October 1, 2017
“…politically motivated ingrates…” https://t.co/LQcMH1Hdrl
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) October 1, 2017
“Politically motivated ingrates”
Oh this is getting surreal. Criticize him and you’re an ingrate. https://t.co/Q9wX6QcxAJ
— Bradley P. Moss, Esq (@BradMossEsq) October 1, 2017
Ingrates? Can you be impeached for being a horrible person? https://t.co/tKAWoDjG1w
— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) October 1, 2017
The only grifter ingrates here are you and your family. Step down. You are a horrible and failed POTUS.Lives lost bc of your incompetence. https://t.co/LrEHsjE8uA
— Andrew C Laufer, Esq (@lauferlaw) October 1, 2017
No other President would call citizens 'ingrates' #WhyWeMustImpeachTrumpin7Words pic.twitter.com/s4BPhIsh7N
— Vito (@Vext6) October 1, 2017
Trump attacks Puerto Ricans as "politically motivated ingrates" https://t.co/3AePwQmc2X pic.twitter.com/EU8IZcY0L7
— The Hill (@thehill) October 1, 2017
Our president just called his own citizens "politically motivated ingrates." How is that ever acceptable?? #notfittolead
— Christina Cortopassi (@NurseWriter34) October 1, 2017
How dare these ingrates complain about the president’s inaction. Almost half of them have drinkable water. https://t.co/lDqZy4DaZi
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) October 1, 2017
“Politically motivated ingrates” isn’t something you expect mentioned by a president talking about ongoing disaster relief efforts… https://t.co/MgNzVMJi7I
— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) October 1, 2017
"politically motivated ingrates" = victims of tragic hurricane https://t.co/6SnJufjCP5
— Alyssa Mastromonaco (@AlyssaMastro44) October 1, 2017
It's a good thing Puerto Rico doesn't have electricity to see that politically motivated ingrates is about them.
— KB (@BylerTweets) October 1, 2017
Only 5% of Puerto Ricans have power.
Most don't have CLEAN WATER TO DRINK.
And Trump calls Puerto Ricans "politically-motivated ingrates."
— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) October 1, 2017
I wouldn’t have given Trump the green light on that tweet, because it’s so easily twistable. People are applying his words to the suffering people of Puerto Rico, when in reality, he’s clearly referring to, well, his politically motivated critics. In his mind, those are two totally different groups of people.
Thoughts?
