Huge crowds of protesters in the u.s. Territory of Puerto Rico have taken to the streets to demand the immediate resignation of the island s governor Ricardo resale the demonstrations in San Juan were triggered by the publication of leaked online messages in which Mr Aris aoe made offensive remarks about politicians women and gay people He also joked about the victims of Hurricane Maria which killed thousands 2 years ago these protesters say an apology by Mr and an offer by him to stand down next year is not enough. To. Think the demonstration makes very clear that the people have had enough of the government stealing from us the situation keeps getting worse it s why all these people are here the people must be respected this is. Normal but I decided to come to be with the pain because we are tired of the government of the cabinets of made fun of the gay community of women and the disabled the corruption we re all sick of the corruption it s been years and years of the people of work
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So you were one of the few Republicans who openly criticize the president s comments do you think they were racist No I don t I think they were inappropriate and offensive but again I don t think they were racist why don t you think they were racist because I simply don t I don t think that but I don t think the president is a racist I think that was one of the reasons why the the I think very ill advised resolution broke down essentially along party lines and overreached and frankly you know it was a partisan setup as opposed to being a serious and thoughtful discussion about a problem when you critique the president s comments when you critiquing them for you know I didn t well 1st of all I don t think you ever tell anybody to go back where they re from in America almost all of Americans are from someplace else it s not an appropriate thing and 2nd I just thought you don t you also don t question anyone to an American citizen you are an American whether you were born someplace else
P.r. And the ne e. Casey Foundation the video gaming industry earns a fortune but many of its workers do not I m Joshua Johnson exploitation in the industry part 3 of our special series game mode next time on one essay and continued Look at the video game industry in the store this morning starting at 9 o clock on one and right now it s 7 o 6 and this is Morning Edition I m Abigail Backman Thanks for making us a part of your Wednesday morning Today is July 17th Montana governor and Democratic White House hopeful Steve Bould lock is sick of anonymous donors influencing u.s. Politics we don t even know if foreign companies or foreign interests are spending our know in our elections because we re not even collecting that information we ll hear more from Bullock on one on why he wants to be the president that s coming up in 15 minutes in Woodland Park 63 degrees with partly cloudy skies this morning high near 83 straight storms possible early on you ll have a mix of sunshine and clouds to
And have a nuclear weapon members of Congress in the United States are preparing to vote on a resolution condemning comments by President Trump that have been widely criticized as racist the measure in the House of Representatives is expected to pass but would have no force in law Mr Trump attacked for nonwhites Democratic congresswoman telling them to go back to the countries they came from the authorities in Peru have said that the former president and a 100 to Ledo has been arrested in the United States Mr to later is accused of taking bribes from the Brazilian construction company all to pressure the United Russia reports the chief prosecutor s office in Peru said Mr De Lay who had been arrested in the u.s. Under an extradition request issued last year a form of their breasts chief executive said the company had paid $20000000.00 in bribes to Mr Thayer though during his time in office he denies any wrongdoing the company has admitted paying bribes to secure government contracts in