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During the event, held at a Gaylord resort, a group of Hurricane Maria survivors held a protest just across the street, and they’d assembled a small group of tents with “SOS” painted on their sides. The protesters tried to call attention to the plight of displaced Puerto Ricans, many of whom have been living in hotels or motels in the region. Because special funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency runs out this weekend, their housing is now in danger.

“We are on the verge of probably the biggest humanitarian crisis that the state of Florida has faced,” said Maria Revelles, the organizing director of Faith in Florida, a group that is helping assist the storm’s survivors. “And our elected officials are there having a party, and not here talking to the people.” Indoors, it was a party—a party of Trump.

 

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