RUSH EXCERPT:
BELCHER: "Here's the problem for me with Puerto Rico and how it is a missed opportunity. When you talk to Puerto Ricans and people of Latino descent, the way the people talked about Puerto Rico as if they were not citizens, it is an othering. It is a continuation of the othering narrative. We can debate that. But we certainly understand that there's a narrative about this president about, division and othering and this doubled down and reinforced the othering debate. It was a real opportunity for him to sort of heal some of that. His words there made Puerto Ricans feel like they were others."