Just last week, Hurricane Maria ripped through Puerto Rico with winds reaching over 100 mpg, while matching the flooding seen in Houston during Harvey. His work has appeared in Mic, Quartz and MSNBC. Trump on Puerto Rico After Hurricane Harvey touched down in Texas and Hurricane Irma made its way through Cuba and Florida in recent weeks, yet another storm has put the world on notice. He holds an MA in History from Rutgers University-Newark and is ABD in his PhD program in History at Lehigh University. Matthew Rozsa is a staff writer for Salon. And most important of all, the people of Puerto Rico deserve better than that. I shouldn't have to write an article about the President of the United States - Democrat, Republican or anything else - and have to figure out ways of transcribing a crude racist joke for my readers. (Evan Vucci/AP) President Trump said in a radio interview broadcast Monday that he is an absolute no on statehood for Puerto Rico, citing his running feud with San Juan Mayor Carmen Yuln Cruz, a.

And whose 2016 presidential campaign, lest it be forgotten, was kicked off with racist remarksВ about undocumented Mexican immigrants. Sure, the crowd laughed at his joke - he's theВ leader of the most powerful country in the world and is well known to have a thin skin, so who wouldn't? - but that doesn't make it any less offensive, particularly coming from a man whose idea of expressing empathy to Latinx people whose lives have been destroyed is to toss paper towels at them. Trump says Puerto Rico in an affected Spanish accent three times in a row. Puh-werto Rico! And we also love Puerto Rico.' We love Puerto Rico, he added, before returning to his.

'We are also praying for the people of Puh-werto Rico. We are also praying for the people of Puerto Rico, said Trump, putting poor emphasis on the first two syllables of the word Puerto. But that raises the question: How do I accurately transcribe the difference between when he said Puerto Rico's nameВ while ridiculing itВ and when he did not? Lest you think this was an accident, he mocked the American commonwealth's name not once, not twice, but three times in a row - and then, for good measure, pronounced it without the mockery, just in case you were still unsure that it was his intention to ridicule a people who are still reeling from a devastating natural disaster.ДЄt this point, my job as a journalist is to transcribe what Trump said for you the reader. Donald Trump Mocks Spanish Accent As He Talks About Puerto Rico Crisis During Hispanic Heritage WeekThe President bragged about his administrations relief e. WASHINGTON Former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday mocked President Donald Trumps claim that '3000 people did not die' in hurricanes that devastated Puerto Rico last year.

You see, during a speech about the devastation in Puerto Rico caused by Hurricane Maria, President Donald Trump decided to mock the name 'Puerto Rico' by saying it in a stereotypical Spanish accent. While I could just ignore the details about that challenge and instead dispassionately describe the events that occurred, I think explaining the nature of the obstacle that arose sheds light on the deeper problem that this story reveals. Writing thisВ story presented me with an unexpected challenge.

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