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San Juan Mayor Rips Trump: 'Shame on You!'

Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz (Carlos Giusti/AP)

By Jason Devaney | Thursday, 12 October 2017 12:37 PM EDT

The mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico launched a counter-attack at President Donald Trump Thursday after he got defensive about his administration's response to Hurricane Maria.

Carmen Yulín Cruz said "shame on you!" in response to a series of tweets Trump posted early Thursday.

Trump's tweets:

"Puerto Rico survived the Hurricanes, now a financial crisis looms largely of their own making." says Sharyl Attkisson. A total lack of.....
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 12, 2017

...accountability say the Governor. Electric and all infrastructure was disaster before hurricanes. Congress to decide how much to spend....
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 12, 2017

...We cannot keep FEMA, the Military & the First Responders, who have been amazing (under the most difficult circumstances) in P.R. forever!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 12, 2017

Cruz's response:

@POTUS It is not that you do not get it; you are incapable of fulfilling the moral imperative to help the people of PR. Shame on you.!
— Carmen Yulín Cruz (@CarmenYulinCruz) October 12, 2017

@POTUS your comments about Puerto Rico are unbecoming of a Commander in Chief they seem more to come from a “Hater in Chief”.
— Carmen Yulín Cruz (@CarmenYulinCruz) October 12, 2017

Cruz has called out Trump on several occasions since Hurricane Maria left Puerto Rico devastated last month. At one point, the entire U.S. territory was without power.

Last week, Cruz called Trump the "miscommunicator-in-chief" after his visit to the island.

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