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Democrat San Juan Mayor Accuses Trump Of ‘Genocide’ Over Hurricane Response

John Bickley

The public feud between San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz and President Donald Trump reached peak “nasty” this week when the Democratic mayor accused Trump of being guilty of “genocide” because of his supposed lack of adequate response to the devastation of Hurricane Maria.

In the aftermath of the devastating hurricane that tore through Puerto Rico a few weeks ago, Yulin accused Trump of failing to respond effectively with hurricane relief, an accusation refuted by some of Cruz’s fellow leaders in Puerto Rico. Trump responded by chiding her for being “nasty” to him like the rest of her Democratic colleagues, a description she now literally wears proudly.

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