You called down the thunder. Well, now you’ve got it!
The mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, may have bitten off more than she can chew in politicizing the Trump administration’s relief efforts following Hurricane Maria now that Geraldo Rivera is on the case.
#SanJuanMayor says residents are "dying," & somehow @realDonaldTrump is to blame. I'm here. Who is dying? Why? Where? Let me help save them.
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) September 30, 2017
When not busy cranking out nifty custom T-shirts and hats by candlelight, Mayor Carmen YulÃn Cruz has made a name for herself complaining about the people who have come to her island to help with recovery efforts.
And while Cruz has been throwing President Donald Trump under the bus at every opportunity, other mayors are confused about her reasoning.
Rivera too saw things differently.
“On the ground I see the suffering-but feel deeply that attacking @realDonaldTrump for the ravages of nature &neglect is politicizing tragedy,” he tweeted.
On the ground I see the suffering-but feel deeply that attacking @realDonaldTrump for the ravages of nature &neglect is politicizing tragedy
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) September 30, 2017
The Fox News correspondent-at-large did find a “bankrupt criminally incompetent” culprit closer to home:
Don't blame @realDonaldTrump Blame 2 historic storms back to back & blame #PREPA the bankrupt criminally incompetent ElectricPowerAuthority
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) September 29, 2017
Rivera caught up with Mayor Cruz, sans her custom-made T-shirt, and said she was “being partisan in her sharp unfair attacks,” although he did not agree with President Trump’s most recent assessment of her criticism.
“I’ve been traveling around, I don’t see people dying,” Rivera informed the mayor.
With #SanJuanMayor @CarmenYulinCruz Highly critical of @realDonaldTrump I ask her if she'll meet @POTUS Tuesday-Watch my intv @foxandfriends pic.twitter.com/6JDVFSf1WL
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) September 30, 2017
#SanJuanMayor is being partisan in her sharp unfair attacks on @realDonaldTrump But calling her 'politically motivated ingrate' is too harsh
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) October 1, 2017
As for the president’s assessment, he pushed back hard early Sunday while detailing some of the progress being made in Puerto Rico:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/914465475777695744
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/914466534365569025
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/914467502251528192
In light of all the animosity between Trump and the mayor, “Geraldo the Peacemaker” offered to “help broker peace” between the two parties in a tweet.
“We are all on the same team to help get storm-stricken PR on its feet,” he added in the post.
I want to help broker peace between #SanJuanMayor & @realDonaldTrump We are all on the same team to help get storm-stricken PR on its feet
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) October 1, 2017
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