The mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, is all the rage in political circles because of her driving criticism of President Donald Trump, and does she ever play up to the billing, appearing on CNN with a T-shirt emblazoned with the words “help us, we are dying.”
…all the while, CNN host Anderson Cooper tries to act natural.
Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz wore the t-shirt while being interviewed live Friday night — the anti-Trump media only needs ONE person to trash the president and they flock to the political stooge like moths to a light.
Puerto Rico mayor wears "help us, we are dying" shirt during CNN interview https://t.co/4NIaN0BYX3 pic.twitter.com/98SBJnWsHo
— The Hill (@thehill) September 30, 2017
Meanwhile, as Mayor Cruz talks about people dying, Fox News’ Geraldo Rivera is on the scene, saying, “I’m here. Who is dying? Why? Where? Let me help save them.”
#SanJuanMayor says residents are "dying," & somehow @realDonaldTrump is to blame. I'm here. Who is dying? Why? Where? Let me help save them.
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) September 30, 2017
Interestingly, when Rivera did catch up with Cruz, she lost the politically charged T-shirt in favor of a plain white polo, which makes one wonder if Fox News viewers are not worthy. As for people dying, Cruz seemed awfully happy for such carnage.
With #SanJuanMayor @CarmenYulinCruz Highly critical of @realDonaldTrump I ask her if she'll meet @POTUS Tuesday-Watch my intv @foxandfriends pic.twitter.com/6JDVFSf1WL
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) September 30, 2017
As expected, CNN was only too happy to help disseminate the anti-Trump political narrative Cruz is pushing, with Brian Stelter doing his part:
Speaking with @andersoncooper, San Juan mayor is wearing a T-shirt that says "HELP US, WE ARE DYING" pic.twitter.com/qcKTTCANdP
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) September 30, 2017
Turns out, Cruz can also crank out nifty custom printed hats by candlelight!
San Juan Mayor @CarmenYulinCruz about to go in front of the media and make a statement for #PuertoRico#WeAreDying pic.twitter.com/uhqNdFBGGt
— David Darg (@daviddarg) September 30, 2017
But the dramatic political theater was summed up nicely in a couple of tweets:
Mayor Cruz pictured in front of 1000 cases of liberal tears… pic.twitter.com/3TFJU24cOj
— Theodore (@RefDemo) September 30, 2017
The reaction online evolved around a central theme: where i the hell did she get the T-shirts and hats printed?
And more than one social media user pointed an accusatory finger at Cooper and his network!
Here’s a sampling of responses from Twitter:
https://twitter.com/chiefbeaman/status/914191624682573824
I’ll bet a month’s pay (&I make way more than you do brian), @CNN had that apparel made and hand delivered it to her. #CoupCoConspirators
— Mathew S Harrison (@MathewSHarrison) October 1, 2017
People also died in Texas, Florida and the Bahamas! But no one was trying to blame the government! Get over yourself PR! Natural Disaster!
— Garret Hutchens (@GarretHutchens) September 30, 2017
No power
No food
No water
No law
No order
No sewer
✔ T-Shirt— Obnoxious Boston Fan (@realOBF) September 30, 2017
No electricity to pump gas but enuf to make her a t-shirt to gripe about the ppl there to help. Did CNN bring it to her for fake news?
— talking7stick (@samkennedy77) September 30, 2017
Glad the t-shirt shops are up and running.
— Smoking_Cyberman (@UKISOCIETY) September 30, 2017
I guess this is why she had nobody to drive the trucks, they were to busy printing shirts and hats with no POWER!!!
— USHOULDSTICK2SPORTS (@TRRUMPPPP) September 30, 2017
In the middle of probably the worst crisis the history of Puerto Rico why and how is she making shirts about that
— Alex (@Alex_19_720) September 30, 2017
Well at least they can still print hats and Ts in PR thank god for that.
— 0 safespaces (@kevindillon801) September 30, 2017
OMG, how much time & money did it take to print these hats & shirts? Instead of thinking up political photo ops BE A MAYOR!
— MS.⭐ MAC❤AMERICA? (@MadonnaMadsen) September 30, 2017
Hey, where did she get the hat and t-shirt? Did she have them before the hurricane? Did she find them in the ruins? So many questions.
— Angie (@AngieBatlle) September 30, 2017
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The longest-tenured writer at BizPac Review, Tom grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills.
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