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A New Insult Reminds Puerto Ricans of How Trump Treated Them | As president, Donald Trump fought bitterly with Puerto Rican officials, ridiculed them and resisted sending aid to the territory

nytimes.com

Carmen Yulín Cruz’s cellphone started buzzing on Sunday while she was at the airport in Connecticut, waiting for a flight to Puerto Rico. A standup comic at former President Donald J. Trump’s rally in New York had called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.”

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