You have voted and the results are in for the 2017 #NoMames Award. According to our community, the response to Hurricane María got 47 percent of the vote, followed by Latinos for Trump at 38 percent. The Carlos Hakas elotero craziness (remember that?) got 10 percent of the vote, with 84 Lumber’s Super Bowl ad (remember that too?) got five percent of the vote.
In the end, the 2017 winner did not surprise us, since there was so many examples of how poorly the federal government and the government of Puerto Rico has performed in a post-María world. Who can forget some of these stories? (You can read all the Puerto Rico stories we published here.)
FEMA Responds to Reports of High Death Count in Puerto Rico After Hurricane María
Nearly 1,000 More People Died in Puerto Rico After Hurricane María
Puerto Rico’s Government Seems to Blame Everyone Else for Uncounted Hurricane Deaths
On the Day Puerto Rico Gov’t Said 50% of Power Generation Was Achieved, the Lights Went Out Again
Government Agencies Not Taking Action Against Dangers of Electric Generators in Puerto Rico
Why Can’t President Trump Say That Puerto Ricans Are US Citizens?
Gutiérrez: ‘We Need a Lot More Than Paper Towels From the President and This Congress’
And if you think this #NoMames talk is going away, think again. Over the past few days, there were more moments. Here are just a few more examples:
One more example of #UnidosPorPR proposal with cut and paste examples from other sources. #PuertoRico https://t.co/6ePywQzPwe
— Julio Ricardo Varela (@julito77) December 31, 2017
Did @BeatrizRossello and #UnidosPorPR just cut and paste parts of their proposal today? Looks like it. https://t.co/EcgEbPwB2a
— Julio Ricardo Varela (@julito77) December 31, 2017
Three Months After Maria, Roughly Half of Puerto Ricans Still Without Power via @nytimes https://t.co/hSVo1yrN9J
— Julio Ricardo Varela (@julito77) December 30, 2017
No power and growing anger at ground zero in Puerto Rico https://t.co/ZtxWbTZbQ6 pic.twitter.com/WVAPhC6H8f
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 30, 2017
Hit it, Gollum.