Chris Hayes questions Congress on aid to Puerto Rico, gets a** handed to him by Puerto Rican journalist instead

Greg P. | 11:09 PM on September 24, 2017

MSNBC’s Chris Hayes questioned what Congress was going to do on Monday to discuss how to alleviate the apocalyptic conditions on Puerto Rico post Hurricane Maria…

No but seriously: what is the US Congress doing on Monday to address the acute humanitarian crisis for 3.5 million American citizens?

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) September 24, 2017

…which led to this brutal back-and-forth with Puerto Rican journalist Armando Valdés who went on to ask why MSNBC isn’t on the ground covering the humanitarian disaster:

Seriously: what is @MSNBC doing on Monday to address acute humanitarian crisis for 3.5 million American citizens in PR? Will you be here?

— Armando Valdés (@armandovaldes) September 24, 2017

Oof.

We will be covering

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) September 24, 2017

That’s not the right answer, Chris:

That's nice; presence would be even better. Congress doesn't act unless there is a crisis. Crises in the US only exist if they're televised.

— Armando Valdés (@armandovaldes) September 24, 2017

Advice: Stop digging. But, nah!

We have a bunch of people down there as we speak. And have since the storm hit.

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) September 24, 2017

Honestly, like the USVI during Irma, the devastation makes it actually technically difficult to get much broadcasting out of there

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) September 24, 2017