Father of Lin-Manuel Miranda Slams Trump's "Racist" Attack on Puerto Ricans after Hurricane Maria

Nearly two weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated the island, Puerto Rico’s 3.5 million residents still have nearly no electricity, and supplies of food, fuel and freshwater are dwindling. President Trump is scheduled to visit Puerto Rico on Tuesday, but attacked San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz in a series of tweets while he was at his private golf resort in Bedminister, New Jersey, this weekend. Trump wrote, "The Mayor of San Juan, who was very complimentary only a few days ago, has now been told by the Democrats that you must be nasty to Trump. 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. 10,000 Federal workers now on Island doing a fantastic job."

Trump drew outrage for his tweets, including from acclaimed playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator and original star of "Hamilton." On Saturday, Miranda tweeted, "You’re going straight to hell, @realDonaldTrump. No long lines for you. Someone will say, 'Right this way, sir.' They’ll clear a path." We speak with Luis Miranda Jr., the father of Lin-Manuel Miranda and a founding partner of the MirRam Group consulting firm. His new piece for the New York Daily News is titled "Puerto Ricans aren’t 'lazy' and will remember Trump’s bad hurricane response." Both he and his son, Lin-Manuel, have been raising money for Hurricane Maria relief efforts.

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