HUD admitted It

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In 2019, two Trump appointees from the Department of Housing and Urban Development admitted that they had purposefully missed a deadline, which meant Puerto Rico didn’t get much needed hurricane relief.

The agency had until Sept 4th to issue funding notices to 18 states and territories. HUD managed to get them all done, except for Puerto Rico. Representative David Price (D-NC) said HUD failed “to comply with the law.”

Does anyone else remember when Trump wanted to only give Puerto Rico rolls of paper towels when they were in their hour of need?

— Chip Franklin (@chipfranklin) September 18, 2020

Kind of amazing that Trump thinks he can just give Puerto Rico some money and they'll forget how he's been dissing them and fucking them over and letting them die for years.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 19, 2020

Trump hasn’t been their friend

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A deal in 2019 that would have given Puerto Rico $12 billion in Medicaid funding sent Trump into a tizzy, according to three unnamed sources in Politico. The president personally intervened to make sure that the budget for Puerto Rico was slashed in half. The White House claimed that the original budget was not “responsible.”

So: "The Trump administration just granted nearly $13 billion for Puerto Rico's recovery, three years after Hurricane Maria."

This is to make up for the paper towels.

Malignant narcissists can't stop themselves. He's desperate & will do ANYTHING to win. And he's not finished.

— Terry McMillan (@MsTerryMcMillan) September 19, 2020

Remember Puerto Rico Just how well this president treated you… I mean… He utterly disrespected you as a people, your leadership, and had no real regard for your lives! Don't make excuses for him. https://t.co/AcN2mXXzk0

— 🖤Carly Lehwald (@CarlyELehwald) September 19, 2020

3,000 people died

Carmen Yulín Cruz, the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, told CNN, “3,000 Puerto Ricans did not open their eyes this morning because this racist man did not have it within him to do his job. So get out of the way, President Trump, and let the people that can do the job get the job done.”

#PuertoRicans are too SMART to be bought. They REMEMBER it’s been 3 YEARS since their island was devastated. He lied about how many people died. He took funding from FEMA to give to the Wall. He tried to trade #PuertoRico for #Greenland! Nope. https://t.co/wiXXoQlwkh

— Debra Messing✍🏻 (@DebraMessing) September 18, 2020

With Election Day just weeks away, Trump may hope that Puerto Ricans have short memories. But I bet they’ll remember he complained just last year that Congress “foolishly” gave Puerto Rico billions of dollars for hurricane relief. 😡#VotaBiden #LatinosForBiden pic.twitter.com/yqrYyQ597m

— Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) September 18, 2020

Trump’s sudden change of heart isn’t fooling anyone.