The liar in chief graced Puerto Rico with his presence Monday while visiting the island to survey the damage left by Hurricane Fiona.
While meeting with officials, and speaking in Ponce where he pledged future support to the U.S. territory of 3.2 million people with $60 million in federal funding, Biden told members of the press that he was “sort of raised in the Peurto Rican community.
“We have a very… large Puerto Rican population in Delaware,” he said. “I was sort of raised in the Puerto Rican community at home, politically. We came here for a long time as part of both business and pleasure. I’m committed to this island.”
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During his remarks, Biden wasted no time taking jabs at past “failures” by the federal government to support the island following natural disasters.
“You haven’t gotten the help in a timely way,” he said, referring to 2017’s Hurricane Maria. “We came here in person to show that we’re with you. All of America is with you.”
The Trump administration was harshly criticized for its response after the storm and the slow pace of aid to the island. Puerto Rico still hadn’t recovered from Maria when Fiona struck earlier this month, causing massive power outages and infrastructure damage.
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