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On Thursday, the federal government stepped up its hurricane relief effort in Puerto Rico by dispatching three-star Army general, Lt. Gen. Jeff Buchanan to oversee all operations. The move came as the sheer devastation from Hurricane Maria continued to cripple relief efforts and supply distribution. Instead of recognizing the unique and difficult challenge that trying the aid Puerto Rico was, both CNN and MSNBC tried to paint the Trump administration as uncaring of their plight.
On CNN’s The Situation Room, host Wolf Blitzer was speaking with Texas Republican Congressman Will Hurd when he began to grill his guest on Trump’s response. “But a lot of people are pointing out there was one standard for Texas, your state, for Florida, a different standard for Puerto Rico even though the three and a half million people who live on that U.S. territory are U.S. citizens. Do you agree with that,” Blitzer demanded to know.
Hurd didn’t seem to understand what Blitzer was insinuating and asked what he meant by “a different standard, according to what?” “A different standard of getting supplies there, food, water, power, U.S. military personnel. Having everything ready to go to save people's lives,” Blitzer sneered.
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