billion in hurricane relief. it s a big fat falsehood. so far $40 million has been allocated to puerto rico. about 12 billion has actually been spent. no, it isn t some simple slip. it isn t explainable. it s a constant contorsion. and no, he isn t just fighting back. he s beating up fellow citizens with less power than he has and who are already beaten down. he ignored thousands of dead. he ignored thousands of homes still covered in blue tarps after maria. he blames their corruption, but it is his actions that i argue he should worry about because for this president and the upcoming election, the challenge will not be justifying his mouth, it will be justifying his actions. he took away some of the money set aside for disaster relief, about $155 million, that places like puerto rico and other islands in the area that we re responsible for deskbratly need. look at parts of that place. that s the reality. that s america, okay. that s what puerto rico is, it s a territory of ours.
speeches to the american people explaining it. congress is explaining it. nancy pelosi was explaining it. it isn t explainable. it s not a good bill and they didn t solve a problem which is why we re back discussing health care all over again. you think it s a policy issue and not a message issue. totally. ed, republican strategist, you re on the opposite side of tara, do you think it s ok for a president to make mistakes? does it make more human? sure. every president makes mistakes, some more severe than others. this president set a tone when he sat down with republicans and said remember, we won, you lost. he set a tone. he didn t attempt to bring the bipartisanship together. when he had the stimulus bill that became a very big spending bill, at that point in time, he could have given them something. and start with a different environment. a very partisan environment and now desperately needs republican help, he s not going to get it. how long can you continue to blame pre