Politicizing Puerto Rico

The mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, likely knows that the best way to get President Trump to say nice things about you is to say nice things about him. It is a proven formula. However, I believe that was not her goal. She was trying to call attention to the fact that her people, the ones that she serves, need more help. She certainly is not out golfing or looking for higher office at this point. My "impression" is that she is out among her constituents assessing the situation and determining what is needed. I don't know how effective a leader she is, but what I see, I like.

I think it was about four to five days into the event that the federal government had a better assessment of what the situation was in Puerto Rico and it was at that point they started ramping up their response. The quickest resource they can get there faster is the active duty military, but even they need time to "get organized" and then transit the ocean to be on scene and start rendering aid. 

Puerto Rico had many issues before this event and they cannot dig themselves out of their situation now without massive aid from the federal government. It is a fact of life, and lives are what is on the line, and still are in this destroyed island.

Now is not the time to try to score political points, now is the time to just plain help as much as we can.