Ricardo Rosello is the embattled governor of Puerto Rico. Rosello was under strong attack for the corruption in his administration and the loss of billions of dollars in federal aid sent to the island for hurricane relief. There were protests in the streets. That got some attention in the media, but not a lot. Then some internal messages were found in which Rosello communicated with his staff and called the protesters homophobic names and other slurs. The mainstream media changed the point of the protests to being against the text messages and emails. But what is missing in these stories? What isn't the mainstream media telling us about this allegedly sexist, homophobic, corrupt governor? To answer that, let me ask you one more question. To what party does Rosello belong?
The precise answer is that Rosello is a member of the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico. He's a Progressive. That is rarely mentioned in stories. Let's take it a bit further, however. On a national level, Rosello is a Democrat. He has been a delegate to the Democrats conventions representing Puerto Rico.
Did you know that Rosello is a Democrat? It's not an easy thing to find. I literally had to do four separate Google searches in order to come up with the answer. The mainstream media just won't mention this. I looked at 19 stories from different sites to see if the governor's national party affiliation was mentioned. It wasn't. Indeed, I only found mention of his membership in the local New Progressive Party in stories about his resigning as head of that party. As I read the stories about Rosello, there was a pattern in which the media tried to link the governor to President Trump. Could it be that none of the reporters who wrote these stories bothered to learn the actual facts? No way. This is just a new bit of Fake News from the mainstream media.
The truth is this: right now, there are two governors in the US who have major problems with bigotry in their past actions. The two are Ralph Northam of Virginia and Rosello of Puerto Rico. Both are Democrats. Both are from the party that talks the talk of tolerance, but rarely walks the walk. The media tries at all costs to cover up this simple fact.
The precise answer is that Rosello is a member of the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico. He's a Progressive. That is rarely mentioned in stories. Let's take it a bit further, however. On a national level, Rosello is a Democrat. He has been a delegate to the Democrats conventions representing Puerto Rico.
Did you know that Rosello is a Democrat? It's not an easy thing to find. I literally had to do four separate Google searches in order to come up with the answer. The mainstream media just won't mention this. I looked at 19 stories from different sites to see if the governor's national party affiliation was mentioned. It wasn't. Indeed, I only found mention of his membership in the local New Progressive Party in stories about his resigning as head of that party. As I read the stories about Rosello, there was a pattern in which the media tried to link the governor to President Trump. Could it be that none of the reporters who wrote these stories bothered to learn the actual facts? No way. This is just a new bit of Fake News from the mainstream media.
The truth is this: right now, there are two governors in the US who have major problems with bigotry in their past actions. The two are Ralph Northam of Virginia and Rosello of Puerto Rico. Both are Democrats. Both are from the party that talks the talk of tolerance, but rarely walks the walk. The media tries at all costs to cover up this simple fact.
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