Major Garrett: “A Killer Storm Last Year Hurricane Maria Triggered Renewed Scrutiny. The President Praised The Federal Response In The Face Of Fresh Reports That 3,000 Died And Months Passed Before Electricity Was Restored To Populated Areas Of Puerto Rico.” MAJOR GARRETT: “But a killer storm last year hurricane Maria triggered renewed scrutiny. The President praised the federal response in the face of fresh reports that 3,000 died and months passed before electricity was restored to populated areas of Puerto Rico.” [CBS This Morning, CBS, 9/12/18; Video]
David Gregory: “We Know About This President Is That That Doesn’t Matter As Much As Taking On All Comers Who Would Criticize Him And To Project A Story That Is Belied By Facts On The Ground. The Notion He Would Take On The Local Mayor In Such A Fashion Is Not Surprising.” DAVID GREGORY: “It clearly was not a success. And any leader looking at that would try to learn from those lessons about federal response, about state and local response. But what we know about this president is that that doesn’t matter as much as taking on all comers who would criticize him and to project a story that is belied by facts on the ground. The notion he would take on the local mayor in such a fashion is not surprising. It just fits a pattern.” [New Day, CNN, 9/12/18; Video]
Jeffery Toobin: “Isn’t The Story That These People Who Died, Apparently Thousands Of Them In Puerto Rico, 3,000 As You Point Out, They’re Not White People. And They Don’t Count To Donald Trump As Much As The Deaths Of White People.” JEFFERY TOOBIN: “Isn’t the story that these people who died, apparently thousands of them in Puerto Rico, 3,000 as you point out, they’re not white people. And they don’t count to Donald Trump as much as the deaths of white people. You hate to say that about someone, but look at his record. Isn’t that indicative of who he is and what he stands for?” [New Day, CNN, 9/12/18; Video]
Abby Phillip: “That’s Separate From What The President Learned, Because It Seems Apparent That President Trump Has Not Accepted That What Happened With Maria Was Unacceptable, That There Were Some Errors Made.” ABBY PHILLIP: “I think this is going to be a question of how much did the government learn, the administrative apparatus around the president learn from the situation in Maria? That’s separate from what the president learned, because it seems apparent that president Trump has not accepted that what happened with Maria was unacceptable, that there were some errors made. Around the time of Maria, I was writing about how people were trying to get president trump’s attention. He was at his golf course in Bedminster at the time.” [New Day, CNN, 9/12/18; Video]