Accusations that Puerto Ricans aren't doing enough to help themselves is outraging many in North Texas.
Saturday morning, President Trump tweeted, “…Such poor leadership ability by the Mayor of San Juan, and others in Puerto Rico, who are not able to get their workers to help. They want everything to be done for them when it should be a community effort…”
Louis and Sandy Polemeni arrived in North Texas from Puerto Rico three days ago.
They brought Sandy's 85-year-old mother with them.
It took them days to get out.
Despite what the President tweeted, they say they witnessed neighbors helping neighbors before they left.
“We cannot get out of thin air things that we need. We need the gasoline, we need the water, We are doing everything we can. We're not just twiddling our thumbs waiting for the government to come help us. We're doing whatever we can,” Sandy Polemeni said.
The sentiment was shared among Puerto Rican diners at Adobos Puerto Rican Cafe in Irving.
"He don't know what he's talking about. He just doesn't know," said Jorge Candeleria, who moved to Irving from Puerto Rico seven years ago.
