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🚨 The Gov. of Puerto Rico, @ricardorossello, will announce his resignation in the upcoming hours, according to @ElNuevoDia sources. He also prerecorded a goodbye video. #RickyRenuncia🚨
Inminente la renuncia del gobernador Ricardo Rosselló | El Nuevo Día elnuevodia.com/noticias/local…
Inminente la renuncia del gobernador Ricardo Rosselló | El Nuevo Día elnuevodia.com/noticias/local…
🚨 @NoticentroWAPA’s sources are also saying that Governor @ricardorossello’s resignation will happen in the next hours, likely tomorrow, but denied the existence of a goodbye prerecorded video. #RickyRenuncia 🚨 wapa.tv/noticias/local…
🚨 @jayfonsecapr’s sources are also saying Governor @ricardorossello will resign in the next hours. #RickyRenuncia 🚨 telemundopr.com/noticias/desta…
🚨 @primerahora is reporting that lawyers hired by the President of the House of Representatives to evaluate the leaked chat have found cause to start the legal process to oust the Governor of Puerto Rico, @ricardorossello. #RickyRenuncia 🚨 m.primerahora.com/noticias/gobie…
.@jayfonsecapr said live in @TelenoticiasPR that the Governor of Puerto Rico, @ricardorossello, has *not* signed the resignation letter yet but that it is “on his desk.”
🚨 The President of the House, Carlos “Johnny” Méndez, said to @ElNuevoDia he told Governor @ricardorossello, face to face, that the impeachment process against him had begun. #RickyRenuncia 🚨elnuevodia.com/noticias/local…
Governor @ricardorossello has not resigned and he is still in Puerto Rico, per La Fortaleza, contradicting earlier reports by @NotiUno that were alleging Rosselló had left the island.
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This is the best video I have seen encompassing everything that is wrong in Puerto Rico and the people who want to make things right. Congrats to @vicenews for a job well done! #RickyRenuncia
LIVE coverage from La Fortaleza as cabinet members start arriving to what could be their last meeting with @ricardorossello as Governor of Puerto Rico.
The meeting with Cabinet members has been cancelled.
✅ La Fortaleza says Governor @ricardorossello will personally address the press at some time tonight.
The journalists and reporters there have been waiting for Rosselló for hours and have shared their discontent on Twitter.
The journalists and reporters there have been waiting for Rosselló for hours and have shared their discontent on Twitter.
✅ Police officers from municipalities all over Puerto Rico, as far as Utuado, Aguadilla and Mayagüez, have been deployed at La Fortaleza and surrounding areas. #RickyRenuncia
This is the same file of police officers as the previous video. Many wear the UOT letters for “Unidad de Operaciones Tácticas.”
The First Lady, Beatriz Rosselló, is in La Fortaleza.
Meanwhile, people are protesting by dancing reggaetón at the main entrance of La Fortaleza. Check out the coverage from @primerahora: facebook.com/primerahora/vi…
✅ LIVE coverage of the protests at La Fortaleza from @primerahora: facebook.com/primerahora/vi…
Looks like somebody fainted.
More cops:
This.
🚨 A Puerto Rico representative said to @CNNEE that Governor @ricardorossello broke an agreement with the House of Representatives to resign at 5 p.m, @RobbyCortesreports. 🚨
.@TomPerez says Governor @ricardorossello should resign, @JoseADelgadoEND reports. Tom Perez is the Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC); Rosselló is a Democrat. #RickyRenuncia
A Bloomberg reporter is concerned about the safety of the protesters tonight. Frankly, I am too and other journalists have shared similar concerns on Twitter.
✅ Read his THREAD:
✅ Read his THREAD:
Another representative of the same political party as Governor @ricardorossello, Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló, said live to @NoticentroWAPA that Rosselló must resign, @Carlostole_ reports.
Journalists keep sharing concerns about the safety of protesters tonight at La Fortaleza.
Rapper @Residente is back at La Fortaleza:
.@NoticentroWAPA is LIVE: facebook.com/wapatv/videos/…
THIS.
.@DavidBegnaud about safety concerns tonight at La Fortaleza
.@ACLUPR about tonight’s protests:
✅ Due to Mueller’s appearance in Congress, Puerto Rico has not been trending in United States today. As of 9:30, none of Puerto Rico related hashtags or topics are in the top 26 trending topics in U.S. #RickyRenuncia
🚨 Independent representative Manuel Natal Albelo (@manuelnatal) is pleading to the presidents of the Puerto Rico House and the Senate to call the police chief to tell him to stand down. #RickyRenuncia 🚨
.@NoticentroWAPA says this is a picture of @ricardorossello video recording a speech.
Protesters blocked traffic at Túnel Minillas tonight.
I’ve covered protests in Puerto Rico but I’ve never seen this:
This is the only Puerto Rico related topic that I’ve seen trending in U.S. today: “Catedral.”
Protesters danced reggaetón in front of the San Juan Cathedral and some people got offended.
Protesters danced reggaetón in front of the San Juan Cathedral and some people got offended.
Plaza las Américas, Puerto Rico’s biggest shopping center, will not open tomorrow for safety reasons due to #RickyRenuncia protests. It also closed last Monday.
Protesters also blocked part of expreso Baldorioty. Others had already blocked Túnel Minillas.
Resident Commissioner Jenniffer Gonzalez is telling Governor @ricardorossello via tweet to resign already.
“We do not all think like him,” Gonzalez said. She may be referring to the other members of the PNP political party. #RickyRenuncia
“We do not all think like him,” Gonzalez said. She may be referring to the other members of the PNP political party. #RickyRenuncia
Governor’s message:
La Fortaleza made a huge mistake and scheduled the video of Governor @ricardorossello for tomorrow night. #RickyRenuncia
🚨 The Governor of Puerto Rico, @ricardorossello, announced his resignation effective August 2. #RickyRenuncia 🚨
Protesters at La Fortaleza celebrated with fireworks. #RickyRenuncia
You can watch the entire video of @ricardorossello’s resignation HERE: facebook.com/fortalezaprofi…
Protesters sang the revolutionary anthem of La Borinqueña.
DONATE to the Center of Investigative Journalism in Puerto Rico (@cpipr).
✅ They were the first news organization to publish the chat that brought Governor @ricardorossello to his resignation. #RickyRenuncia
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✅ They were the first news organization to publish the chat that brought Governor @ricardorossello to his resignation. #RickyRenuncia
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✅ #RickyRenunció (@ricardorossello resigned) is the trending topic # 1 in United States as of 12:23 a.m.
✅ Notice that #WandaRenuncia is trending topic # 3 in United States.
The resignation of Governor @ricardorossello is just a chapter of what is to come.
The resignation of Governor @ricardorossello is just a chapter of what is to come.
✅ #RickyRenunció (@ricardorossello resigned) is trending topic # 4 *worldwide* as of 12:35 a.m.
Good night.
Good night.
.@BiancaJoanie with the win: look at these kids when they heard Governor @ricardorossello saying he was resigning from office. #RickyRenunció
The Avenida Baldorioty came to a halt. People stopped in the highway and some deployed fireworks to celebrate @ricardorossello’s resignation from office.
Tomorrow’s protest will now be a celebratory parade.
✅ @Residente is still encouraging people to come.
✅ @Residente is still encouraging people to come.
