The Mayor of San Juan, Carmen Yulin Cruz Soto, attacked today, Tuesday, against a report announced by Telemundo in the program Jay and his x-rays on problems at the municipal hospital.
The expressions appeared during a press conference in which the municipal executive expressed his rejection of the appointment of Colonel José Juan García as the new commissioner of the San Juan Municipal Police under the new administration of Miguel Romero.
However, while listing his reasons, Cruz Soto mentioned that whoever is rumored to be appointed to lead the Department of Health in the capital approved his leadership and contrasted the compliment with a report that involves going to the program tonight. “Jay y sus X Rayos”, about an alleged “suite” from the municipal hospital. Given this, Jay’s reporter and his x-rays, Tatiana Ortiz pointed out that she is present and asked more questions.
The mayor called the allegations against the program “gossip” and assured that, due to the problems of the protocol activated by the COVID-19 pandemic, access to the hospital could not be allowed.
Immediately afterwards, Cruz Soto began to list various awards he had won in the United States after Hurricane María.
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“People on their knees here are upset when you face someone who slanders the people of Puerto Rico. They are so used to living on their knees that they don’t know how to get up,” he said.
Shortly afterwards, the analyst and presenter of the mentioned program, Jay Fonseca, published in a tweet that the mayor “insulted” the journalist Tatiana Ortiz for her supervision.
“Today Carmen Yulín Cruz insulted Tatiana Ortiz by saying that we are on our knees because she has been awarded awards around the world for her great efforts while Jay and his x-rays monitor her,” the presenter said.
“If you want, you can come to the program tonight for us to offer you another prize,” he added.
Last week, the mayor had another run-in, but with a reporter from the now canceled “La Comay” gossip program. In this situation, at the end of the press conference, the mayor was approached in connection with the helicopter that the municipality of San Juan would have lost.
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When the reporter insisted, Cruz Soto looked at the camera and urged the audience to connect to other channels and see the “real news.” He also said that he regrets that the journalist had to work in the television space to eat.