Puerto Rico is America and disaster aid will help make it great again

Published April 2, 2019 3:25pm ET



On Monday, senators bickered over disaster aid packages. By the end of the day, neither a bill passed by the House nor a separate measure supported by Republicans had the 60 votes needed to advance to a full floor vote. But as lawmakers tried to hammer out their differences — particularly how much aid to allocate to Puerto Rico and the inclusion of money for the Midwest after recent flooding — President Trump jumped into the fray on Twitter.

On Monday night, Trump lashed out at Democrats in the Senate and then turned on Puerto Rican politicians. He picked up the same line of attack Tuesday morning with a new series of tweets:

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