Puerto Ricans are American citizens. The fact that tens of thousands are without power, combined with the overall fiscal and financial abuse that they have endured from Republicans in Washington is a scandal. This is both separate from the daily barrage of scandals than have typified Trumpistan and a piece of it.
Puerto Rico's woes are a confluence of the three main themes of Trump's maladministration.
- Corruption
- Incompetency and indifference
- Racism
Efforts to restore power in Puerto Rico have been hampered by corrupt contracts and poor delivery of services because of that. Republicans as a party don't give a damn if government functions poorly. In fact, poor government services actually buttress their ideological predisposition to see government actions as inherently illegitimate. And of course, this wouldn't be happening if Puerto Rico was full of blond haired white people.
My only hope is that enough Puerto Ricans move to Florida and Texas to tip the elections in 2018 against Republicans. That would be the justice that the Party of Trump deserves.
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