Hillary Clinton isn’t sure Trump ‘knows that Puerto Ricans are American citizens’

Hillary Clinton signs copies of her book 'What Happened' at Barnes & Noble 33 E 17th St. New York

I’m sure all of this will cause a flurry of tweets on Donald Bigly’s official Twitter account, if it hasn’t already. I’m too lazy to look at Trump’s Twitter right now, honestly. If he’s too lazy to be president, I can be too lazy to check his tweets. So what’s the subject at hand? Hillary Clinton and her continued promotional tour to promote her book (which is a bigly success, truly). There are lots of quotes and various interviews to cover, but I just wanted to do some of the big ones.

Hillary on Javanka’s private email accounts. “It’s just the height of hypocrisy,” Clinton said in an interview with SiriusXM’s Zerlina Maxwell. “They didn’t mean any of it. If they were sincere about it, I think you’d have Republican members of Congress calling for an investigation. I haven’t heard that yet.”

On Trump’s unwillingness to address the disaster in Puerto Rico. Clinton noted that Trump spent the whole weekend bitching about the NFL, “At the same time that he was doing all of that, we had American citizens in Puerto Rico who are in a desperate condition. He has not said one word about them, about other American citizens in the U.S. Virgin Islands. I’m not sure he knows that Puerto Ricans are American citizens.”

The Chris Hayes interview. Hillary talked about a ton of stuff during her interview on All In on Monday night. Here’s the full interview (in two videos). She talks about Puerto Rico, how Trump attacks black athletes and more.

It’s never going to stop hurting that she isn’t our president.

Hillary Clinton signs copies of her book 'What Happened' at Barnes & Noble 33 E 17th St. New York

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  1. Shannon says:

    Let’s be honest, haven’t we all been wondering that?

    • Megan says:

      Trump is talking about PR. He is b*tching about how they are going to default on their loans from Wall Street banks, because in the wake of total devastation and a growing humanitarian crisis, that’s what matters.

      • Elkie says:

        Well, if anyone knows about defaulting on loans it’s Mr. Four Bankruptcies!

        Maybe he can teach Puerto Rico how he rebuilt with shady Russian money?

      • holly hobby says:

        Of course because his Wall Street friends will be hurt by this. Nevermind the people living in poor conditions without food and water!

      • adastraperaspera says:

        Yeah, I don’t think he’s ignoring PR. He’s most likely working behind the scenes with corrupt investors (Russian and otherwise) who see this crisis as a fire sale, and are negotiating behind the scenes about how to slice up the PR pie and make bank.

      • Pandy says:

        OK, Elkie wins!!!!

      • Tiffany :) says:

        Yes, he ABSOLUTELY ignored Puerto Rico. Great that he is tweeting about it today, but Hurricane Maria hit the island on Wed. the 20th. That is almost a week ago! People without food, water or medical care can die within days.

      • Betsy says:

        @Elkie – six

      • Glisten says:

        Yes. I can not believe Mr. Trump is mouthing off and picked on Puerto Rico now. Now? My word, they are in trouble, it’s heartbreaking. We need to all try to get them power and show our love to them!

    • Nicole says:

      Not wondering. I’m pretty sure he’s not aware that PR or the VI are part of the US

    • Radley says:

      I’m sure someone has told him by now. But they’re brown, black, struggling economically (thanks in large part to American neglect and shady laws) on an island he probably can’t locate on a map and can’t vote for President. So, there you go. He gives no f*cks.

      Btw, I heard from family for the first time since the hurricane. They have food and water, thank God. We’re gonna work on bringing them stateside. And guess who’ll be voting in the next election? A bunch of pissed off Puerto Ricans!

      • HK9 says:

        I’m glad you’ve been able to hear from your relatives. My sister lives in Florida and I held my breath until I heard from her so I can only imagine what you & your family are going through. I was in Puerto Rico in July loved it so much was hoping to go back and was devastated when I heard what was happening after the hurricane. Even if El Cheeto won’t help others will.

      • Radley says:

        Thanks HK9. I appreciate that. The weather has kicked @ss lately. I have family in Orlando and Houston (also all ok). My house flooded last year. It’s been stressful and exhausting. Climate change is real. And I’m worried that in a few generations it won’t be safe to live near the coast or in the Carribbean. 🙁

      • Janet R says:

        I’m glad you heard from your family, Radley and hope that everything goes smoothly bringing them here. The damage and loss I see is heartbreaking.

    • lavin says:

      I love Hillary. One of my proudest votes for President, was Obama and Hillary. Love her.

    • Alix says:

      Wondering, no. I take it for granted that he considers Puerto Ricans foreigners.

  2. Reindeer says:

    STILL WITH HER <3

  3. Jillian says:

    I’m still with her too.

    This makes me so angry. What didn’t she win?

    I hope everyone’s having a good time because we are doomed

    • lavin says:

      Almost everything she said during the debates is coming True. She warned people, Trump was who he was and was never going to suddenly pivot and show dignity. She said Putin was hacking information, to determine the outcome of the election, because he wanted Trump as a puppet and to lower the image of America. Everything she was saying is coming true, but the media only wanted to scream about emails.

      stillwithher…..She warned us.

  4. MizJ says:

    I hope Hillary spends the next few years as a Trump critic/expert.

  5. Maria F. says:

    a) he probably does not and b) even if he did, they are obviously second class due to their brown skin.

    • INeedANap says:

      Puerto Ricans like all Latinx come in a wide variety of colors. But they speak Spanish so he hates them anyway. Ain’t that grand. /s

      • Betsy says:

        Yeah, I’m going on a limb here: for Trumpy, “Spanish-speaking” means brown. I don’t think there’s a lot of nuance in his hate.

  6. mamacita says:

    trump needs to go. it will come out that the actual machines were hacked and votes were hacked. the swing state wins were too good to be true and trump’s reaction upon wining that night seemed insincere. he looked like he knew they were hacked in order for him to upset clinton. there were articles over the weekend about this. but these two articles earlier this month go into interesting detail.

    https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/09/01/us/politics/russia-election-hacking.html

    https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/09/01/insider/in-election-interference-its-what-reporters-didnt-find-that-matters.html

    • Mermaid says:

      Yes to all this!!! We have been attacked. It is beyond painful to hear her speak and realize what we lost, a measured, capable, and intelligent President. I love that she basically gave him a blueprint on how to do his job. No doubt provoking a huge rage Tweet fest.

    • nicole says:

      I agree completely about Trumps face on election night, something very off and odd about the way he looked, I refuse to believe he won fair and square, there has to be something the russians did to sway it his way, no way could he have that many people that liked him to win, he is just too horrible, no way.

      • jwoolman says:

        He looked shell-shocked to me. And he had that look for quite a while during the transition. I wonder if he knew it was rigged (since he was talking about rigging to rally his people ahead of the election, and he loves to accuse other people of what he himself is doing) but still didn’t think he would win because polls showed Hillary was so far ahead. He may have thought it would just give him more of a respectable showing.

        I don’t think he had thought through the consequences of a win, he was just thinking in terms of leverage to get more money for a tv show. The win was actually personally disastrous for him, since he has been under scrutiny not good for a lifelong crook…. The value of the Trump name, which he often licenses, started zooming downward even during the campaign.

    • jwoolman says:

      What convinced me that there was vote manipulation was when the Trump lawyers zoomed in to block recounts in three states that were already paid for by donations from around the country. Nobody blocks a recount unless they are afraid the real vote went against them.

      I doubt that the real vote was in Trump’s favor, but we may never know because most of those machines did not have paper backup. That makes recounts (which should be mandatory as a double check) impossible. He won the electoral votes by a tiny margin – about 80,000 votes over a few states did it. That is within machine error.

      We need to push for paper backup that can be checked by the voter before leaving the booth, plus mandatory hand recounts of those paper backups. Humans can detect problems that machines can’t, and we know how to have bipartisan monitoring of such recounts. If we don’t have this by November 2018, we won’t be able to trust the vote. I haven’t trusted the vote since the machines were practically universally installed after the year 2000, when Al Gore actually won but Bush successfully blocked the recount in Florida. I knew when I saw the machines that they were there to avoid recounts.

      The Trump campaign may have benefitted from Russian hackers, but domestic hackers are just as effective. Those machines are vulnerable to modern technology.

      • Felicia says:

        They should get rid of machines altogether. Do it the way the French do. You take the two pieces of paper, each one has a candidate’s name. You put the one you want to vote for into the envelope and then the envelope goes into a locked box. Doing it electronically is not secure at all and that’s probably done on purpose.

    • Betsy says:

      I’ve said that for months. I wonder how much Hillary crushed him by.

  7. swak says:

    Trump’s tweet on Puerto Rico last night:

    Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrump
    Texas & Florida are doing great but Puerto Rico, which was already suffering from broken infrastructure & massive debt, is in deep trouble..
    7:45 PM – Sep 25, 2017

    Maybe TRUMP, if Puerto Rico was getting the coverage Texas and Florida did they wouldn’t be in deep trouble. They are part of the US and shouldn’t you be worrying about them and not what is going on in the NFL?

    • Mermaid says:

      @swak
      Nah, he’s just mad at Puerto Rico because one of his golf courses went bankrupt there so it’s somehow their fault for getting hit by a hurricane. I have friends in Puerto Rico and I’m worried sick. How much longer do we have to put up with him. Lock him up!!!!

      • Lightpurple says:

        Friends there too whom we haven’t heard from

      • swak says:

        @Mermaid – isn’t that what he always does – blame others for his failure?
        @Mermaid and LP – Hope you all hear soon from you friends and hope all of them are okay.

      • Mermaid says:

        @swak
        Thank you!!! We haven’t heard from them yet and are still very worried. And yes, all that man does is blame other people for problems he has caused. He is the divider in chief. Has absolutely no concern for anyone beyond himself and maybe Precious Ivanka. Really hoping the indictments come soon. The thinking people of this country can’t take much more. A side note: my friend was just in Spain and Portugal. We went for a walk this morning and my first question: how much do they hate us (Americans)? She said they don’t, they feel sorry for us because they know most of us didn’t vote for him. So thank you to the citizens of other countries who read this board for your thoughts and compassion!!! We are trying to get him removed from office and behind bars.

    • Jerusha says:

      Don’t you love how he had to put in the broken infrastructure and massive debt swipe? What a massive piece of shit he is.

      • jwoolman says:

        His thinking processes still baffle me. Where would he get the idea that in the middle of such a disaster, it’s fine to say something as callous as that? Particularly for a US President.

        I think Hillary’s right, he doesn’t realize those are US citizens in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. His knowledge of US history and government seems practically non-existent. I thought that during the campaign also. He certainly knew nothing of the procedure refugees go through before they arrive here or how long it takes (one to two years). I doubt that he knows they have sponsors here in the US but thinks they just wander out of the airport by themselves.

    • holly hobby says:

      Even Mitt Romney came out and told Congress to do something about PR. WTF do we need this orange lump for when Mittens could have been president?

      • Zondie says:

        @HOLLY HOBBY Mitt was demonized for being a successful businessman and for killing a woman who lost her job/health insurance when one of his companies bought out her employer. It’s a case of be careful what you wish for! Btw, love your screen handle!! Takes me back..

      • holly hobby says:

        @Zondie – at this point anyone is better than the orange lump! I hate to say it I even look back fondly at the W regime!

      • Dee Kay says:

        @holly hobby The thing about the W regime was that it was clearly populated by ppl who were experts at government, who were shadily using their experience to circumvent the Constitution and do whatever they wanted. But in retrospect, it was so much better to have ppl who at least knew what government was, and how it works, than ppl who have no freaking clue about governance at ALL, let alone at the federal level!!!!

      • nicole says:

        I would take Mitt Romney over that lump of orange lard any day of the week.

  8. happyoften says:

    Trump knows Puerto Rico is part of the U.S., he just doesn’t care. His tweeted comments today re-define heartless, his response to this disaster is shockingly cruel, even compared to his own standards.

    My hope is that someone in the confederacy of dunces that comprises his administration is capable of communicating the bad optics of losing a freaking island on his watch… I fear that is the only motivation this raging pussbucket would have otherwise.

    Maybe Hillary pointing out the obvious will help. Probably Cuba or Venezuela sending aide would engender the same response. And how sad is that?

    • holly hobby says:

      He’s tweeting like that because there is no one left in the press office who can write sincere spin. Don’t expect Suckabee to do it. Or his side piece, whatever her name is.

      • happyoften says:

        Apparently his tweets were a response to the Gov. of Puerto Rico being interviewed on CNN.

        Seriously. He had to watch it on CNN. This is the freakin’ President.

        It… I can’t…. wait, what?…. (face meet palm)

      • magnoliarose says:

        Hope Hicks. It was claimed to be Corey she was with, but it wasn’t. He was willing to take the blame because no one cares. Funny how she is friends with Complicity Barbie who despises Melania. What a disgusting group of sleazebags.

  9. Zondie says:

    Puerto Rico’s problems won’t be solved merely by raising money to rebuild. Puerto Rico has been in trouble since the banking crisis. Mismanagement and corruption have made it worse. The island is in bankruptcy and those with the ability have been moving to the US for jobs which means there is less money generated on the island itself. Most people in PR are already on Federal assistance. It will take longer to straighten out Puerto Rico’s problems than to fix, for instance, Houston or the Florida Keys.

  10. Caly says:

    Trump doesn’t know anything when it comes to politics. I’m really amused that some people are still trying to convince themselves and others that they voted for reasons other than racism. It’s the only thing he knows and he sold it well. The rest of America and the world are facing consequences.

  11. robyn says:

    I think she was kidding, kind of. But whenever I listen to her speaking rationally about the world and solving problems I am aghast all over again at how a race baiting conman and bully like Trump won. It’s his supporters who repel me … even more so than Trump because without them he is nothing.

  12. Veronica says:

    Whatever, DRAG HIM GIRL. Get some of yours back after that nonsense last year.

    I was speaking to a friend the other day about how outrageously slow the response to PR has been. I wondered if it would be the final push into setting Puerto Rico on the path to statehood given the economic fallout that’s bound to result of this disaster.

    I’m thinking about volunteering in a few months once the island is stabilized enough for people to come in and help, depending if there’s anything my skill set can contribute. (If not, I’ll just financially support it.) My Spanish skills are pretty pathetic, but it’s enough to get through a basic conversation.

  13. Beth says:

    Ivanka must’ve forgotten to tell her daddy that Puerto Rico is part of the United States and they are Americans. He’s so obsessed with the NFL kneeling and NASCAR racers standing, that he probably doesn’t know there was another disastrous hurricane to the country

  14. TheOtherViv says:

    word! amen to that

  15. Mar says:

    You and me both, girl.

  16. CCC says:

    Well said.

  17. Tiffany :) says:

    Yes, where is QQ??!?!

  18. Alarmjaguar says:

    Just chiming in to say that there are a number of really smart commentators that I’ve missed seeing lately, QQ and AlmondJoy are two, but yes, the tone seems to have changed a bit over the past year or so. I still love the writers, so I’m hanging in.

  19. why? says:

    I hope that the press doesn’t start calling The Dotard “presidential” for his response to Puerto Rico! It’s an endless cycle. Every time the press calls him “presidential” we get cultural wars like what happened with the NFL.

    The Dotard is still posting about the NFL! For every post he makes about Puerto Rico, he makes 5 more about the NFL.

    • why? says:

      The press fell for it again. Despite the fact that The Dotard is still tweeting about the NFL(his last tweet about the NFL was just 8 hours ago), the press are spinning that he is refocusing, moving on, and now focusing on Puerto Rico.

      Tweets on NFL: 24

      Tweets on Puerto Rico: 4

      This means that for every 1 comment he made about Puerto Rico, he made 6 tweets about the NFL. What’s wrong with this picture?

  20. why? says:

    You would expect that today would be the day that The Dotard would dedicate all of his attention towards Puerto Rico. Just like Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, he is still tweeting about the NFL.

    “The NFL has all sorts of rules and regulations. The only way out for them is to set a rule that you can’t kneel during our National Anthem!”-The Dotard

    If The Dotard was so concerned about the National Anthem because of all of the people who died fighting for this country, why did he say all those horrible things about the Khans and McCain. This isn’t about the NA. It’s about the Dotard being a WS.

    “But while Dallas dropped to its knees as a team, they all stood up for our National Anthem. Big progress being made-we all love our country!”-The Dotard

    This is why Jerry Jones failed his team. He thought that kneeling before the NA was showing support for the cause, but it was just another attempt to appease The Dotard. Now the Dotard is bragging about how he got Jerry Jones to trick his team into submission. What does Jerry Jones have to say about the Dotards tweets bragging about how he manipulated the owners into betraying their players?

    “The booing at the NFL football game last night, when the entire Dallas team dropped to its knees, was loudest I have ever heard. Great anger”-The Dotard

    Did The Dotard hire people to go to the game to boo just like he hired people to sit in the front row and cheer him at a CIA event?

    “Ratings for NFL football are way down except before game starts, when people tune in to see whether or not our country will be disrespected!”-The Dotard

    The Dotard sold our country to Russia and he wants to tweet about disrespect?

    This is where the press are failing us. They need to stop letting The Dotard change the narrative. Just because the players take a knee, they are not disrespecting the flag or the NA.

    The Dotard is spreading more fake news. The ratings went up. Didn’t the bots tweet that they were boycotting the games? Why would they tune in to the pre-game when they aren’t even watching it in the first place?

    “A few of the many clips of John McCain talking about Repealing & Replacing O’Care. My oh my has he changed-complete turn from years of talk!”-The Dotard

    The Dotard keeps making these tweets about the NFL players disrespecting the flag and NA and then he does things like this. Didn’t McCain fight for this country? Wasn’t he a POW? So how can The Dotard say that he is fighting for the flag because of those who fought for it when he keeps making horrible comments like this? I saw a few reporters address The Dotard’s hypocrisy.

  21. gwen says:

    Old Hillary just can’t get it through her head that the people didn’t want her.

  22. why? says:

    The Dotard is already bragging about how he is going to go to Puerto Rico so that he and his wife can do more promotion for the hats that they are selling on their website. So once again the press will fail us and call The Dotard “presidential” for showing up in Puerto Rico with a USA 45 hat, while his wife sports a Flotus hat.

    20 years from now, what are people going to think about this particular moment?

    “This is an island sitting in the middle of an ocean — and it’s a big ocean, a really, really big ocean”-The Dotard

    “It’s out in the ocean. You can’t just drive your trucks there…This is tough stuff.”-The Dotard

    It’s times like this, you just want to hit your head on the desk, The Dotard had no clue where Puerto Rico was. You would think that after the staged photo-ops in Florida and his “presidential” response to Hurricane Irma(it left millions of people in Puerto Rico without power) that The Dotard would have some clue where Puerto Rico was located. How did this(The Dotard being president) happen? If you ever doubt that The Dotard had help getting elected as president by a 3rd party, then just keep going back to his statements about Puerto Rico sitting in the middle of a “really really big” ocean and how difficult it is to get supplies to Puerto Rico as fast as everyone wants because it’s really far away. How is he not embarrassed? How are the GOP senators not embarrassed?

    Newsweek wrote an article factchecking The Dotard’s statements on Puerto Rico.

    This is the legacy that is being left behind? A man who tweets 6 times more about players taking a knee to protest inequality and police brutality than the aftermath of a hurricane that has left millions of people without power, food, and water.

    • why? says:

      The Dotard had one job to do it and he failed. He can’t even say one word about Puerto Rico without making it about himself. How many times did he say him and his administration were) doing a great or good job and that he and his administration were receiving rave reviews for their response to Puerto Rico during his speech explaining that Puerto Rico is an island in the middle of a really really big ocean?

      Schumer finally grew a backbone and told The Dotard that relief efforts or Puerto Rice are not doing well.

  23. Sandy says:

    Puerto Rico voted for Clinton, didn’t they? Whereas Florida and Texas voted for Trump. Yet again, Trump values loyalty to Trump above all else…

    • Tiffany :) says:

      Puerto Ricans are citizens, but disenfranchised. They don’t get to vote for the general election.

  24. GiGi says:

    Thanks Kaiser and the rest of CB for continuing to bring light to the struggles in PR when not many are

  25. why? says:

    This is what The Dotard had to say about the NFL because according to The Dotard, “he has a lot of time on his hands because all he does is work”:

    “I was ashamed of what was taking place,””-The Dotard

    He wasn’t ashamed when he sold this country to Russia and said those horrible things about McCain and the Kahns. This isn’t about the flag or the NA. The Dotard is a WS and he is scared because Mueller is getting close(The IRS handed over information to Mueller, Spicer hired a lawyer, Roger talked to Congress today. Quigley confronted the GOP for protecting witnesses and The Dotard during these Trump Russian hearings, more stories on Tom Price using private jets).

    “I don’t think you can disrespect our country, our flag, our national anthem… Many people have died”-The Dotard

    It is very important that the press call out The Dotard’s hypocrisy. He says that he keeps attacking those who take the knee because of those who died, but he has said awful things about the Kahns. Did he ever apologize to them? The men and women who fought for this country didn’t die for the flag or the NA. Even Veterans are posting photos or videos of themselves taking the knee because they said that they fought for the Constitution and the freedom to protest, not the flag or NA. Marie Tillman said that her husband fought for the freedom to express oneself. Even the 2 singers who sung the NA, took a knee. Even Democratic senators are taking a knee on the floor. One of the cheerleaders even took a knee.

    “Many people are so horribly injured,”-The Dotard

    McCain was horribly injured and that didn’t stop the Dotard from attacking him. The Dotard was even posting negative things about McCain today, but he says he is concerned about the injured? Did the Dotard ever apologize to McCain?

    “I saw so many great young people and they are missing legs and they’re missing arms and they’re so badly injured. They were fighting for our country, they were fighting for our flag, they were fighting for our national anthem”-The Dotard

    They were not fighting for the flag or NA. They were fighting for the Constitution and the freedom to express oneself without fear of being punished for that. Marie T made that very clear today in her statement about The Dotard using her husband to divide this country. If they were fighting for the flag and NA, why then are Veterans taking a knee and saying that they fought for the Constitution or freedom of speech, not a flag or the NA?

    “For people to disrespect that by kneeling during the playing of national anthem I think is disgraceful”-The Dotard

    When one of their teammates is injured, to show support, the team will take a knee. This country is injured. Taking a knee isn’t disrespecting the flag or anthem. As some reporters stated today many of the people who are taking a knee have family members who are serving.

    “I have plenty of time on my hands. All I do is work.”-The Dotard

    Starting cultural wars is very hard work! The Dotard starts cultural wars because he has been banished to the child’s table while Jared, Bannon, Miller, and Putin make policies.

    “not allow people” to kneel during the playing of the national anthem.”

    Isn’t it illegal for the president to demand that organizations punish people for expressing their freedom of speech?

  26. why? says:

    It’s being reported that The Dotard’s administration (Dept of Homeland Security)won’t waive shipping restrictions so that fuel and other supplies can be sent to Puerto Rico. They waived these restrictions for Hurricane Irma and Harvey, but won’t do it for Hurricane Maria? Didn’t The Dotard say that he and his administration were doing a great job on getting relief to Puerto Rico?

  27. magnoliarose says:

    I think it is cyclical. I was gone for a year, but I was overseas and the time difference didn’t work but I lurked, and there were people I liked here. GNAT was one but there are some are still here and new ones I like too. I always wished there was a forum also because I think it would cut down on misunderstandings but the writers and owners have lives to lead. Lol
    If people leave, then it will change but if you stick around it will drown out the trolls.

  28. AnotherDirtyMartini says:

    It really does hurt still. I’ve been divorcing myself from reality more & more by ignoring all news forms very recently, so this is some of the first Archduke Bigly news I’ve seen. Ugh. The nausea has returned.

    I love Hillary. Just started reading What Happened tonight.