Guess Who Was Right?! Puerto Rico Warehouse Discovered Filled with Unused Hurricane Aid From 2017
After a Facebook live video went viral showing a warehouse filled with emergency supplies from Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vazquez fired the director of the office of emergency management Carlos Acevedo.
Pallets of water, food, medicine, baby diapers, baby formula, wipes, cots, awnings, and more had been sitting in the massive warehouse since 2017.
The scene at the warehouse became chaotic as people showed up in droves to distribute water, baby diapers, food, and other items to those affected by the recent earthquake, reported the Associated Press.
Still dealing with chaos caused by the recent earthquake, anger exploded in #PuertoRico after a warehouse full of unused aid, meant for use after Hurricane Maria, was found. People broke in and distributed the goods. Calls now for a general strike. #TheStateIsTheDisaster pic.twitter.com/RDWqLpDHJg
— It's Going Down (@IGD_News) January 19, 2020
On Thursday, Department of Housing and Urban Development agreed to release $8.2 billion more in aid to Puerto Rico after the funds were held over concerns of mismanagement.
“Now that proper financial controls are in place, implementing the second phase of Puerto Rico’s disaster recovery program can move forward with an extension to its line of credit,” said HUD Secretary Ben Carson in a statement.
President Trump has been vocal about his concerns of Puerto Rico’s mismanagement of aid and the corruption of government officials. The president said Governor Ricardo Rosselló did a “terrible job,” and called San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz “incompetent.”
After massive protests for nearly two weeks demanding Rosselló resign because of leaked chats and corruption, he finally left office in late July 2019. Puerto Rico’s Secretary of Justice Wanda Vázquez Garced took his place as governor.
In June, the FBI arrested two former high-ranking Puerto Rico officials – Julia Keleher, who was the secretary of state of public education, and Ángela Ávila-Marrero, who lead the island’s Health Insurance Administration– for allegedly steering over $15 million in federal fund to businesses in an attempt to defraud the U.S. government.
A lot of people owe President Trump an apology.
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#Democrats like @AOC, @RepMaloney, and @JoaquinCastrotx JoaquinCastro told voters that Trump never sent aid. There are also 50,000 power poles sent to #PuertoRico by barge that 'went missing'. They should resign for lying to the public. https://t.co/JfvE3m0eBi
— Milo™ (@chasbottom) January 19, 2020
Why would these emergency supplies be sitting in a warehouse for the last 2 years when the citizens of Puerto Rico desparately needed them?
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#Update: This is what they found in the warehouse that is up to 4 football fields big is what I've been told by people in #PuertoRico.
— Sotiri Dimpinoudis (@sotiridi) January 19, 2020
- Food lots of them
- Water
- Tents
- Medicine
- Emergency Equipment
- Diapers
- Hygiene products
And others pic.twitter.com/EW9jhtazmr
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This isn’t looking good on you, Puerto Rico.... I think you owe @realDonaldTrump a great big apology. https://t.co/mnyy4naezZ
— the Lyons Share (@the_LyonsShare) January 19, 2020
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Tens of Thousands of Water Bottles Intended for Hurricane Victims Were Found in Puerto Rico Field to have it appear
— ImNamedJames (@ImNamedJames) January 19, 2020
that the Trump Administration wasn't helping them...🙄 pic.twitter.com/I5kKJTeEA1
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#Update: And here is a clip of a facebook live video of the firefighters giving out supplies of the Emergency aid to the people of Puerto Rico what was meant for Hurricane Maria back in 2017. #US #PuertoRico pic.twitter.com/gjduv271sw
— Sotiri Dimpinoudis (@sotiridi) January 19, 2020