Samantha Bee Goes To Puerto Rico To White-Knight And Do Vibrator Jokes

MRC Latino | March 31, 2018
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SAMANTHA BEE: Obviously COBRA is not gonna rescue the Puerto Rican people. So who is? In order to find out, I went to San Sebastian and I talked to Mayor Javier Jimenez. 

JAVIER JIMENEZ, MAYOR, SAN SEBASTIAN, PUERTO RICO: And it's very difficult to restore the power grid. But here, we took the initiative as a town in order to create a community brigade to help us rebuild the grid. 

BEE: So in some ways the solution to Puerto Rico's power issue is Puerto Ricans? 

JIMENEZ: Si. 

BEE: Exactly. While, power companies do work on the island, it's groups like this rag tag team of 75 rogue volunteers who do a lot of the heavy lifting. 

BEE: How did you come vigilante electricians? Were you already doing this work before the hurricane? 

CREWMEMBER #1: No, I wasn't an electrician. I was a rescue worker and they trained us.

CREWMEMBER #2: So that we could start what is now the Pepino Power Authority. It's a supplement for the people who really needed electricity. 

BEE: What is a pipino?

CREWMEMBER #2: The exact word in Spanish is...cucumbers. 

BEE: I am going to call you the electric cucumbers because I think the logo will be very cute.

CREWMEMBER #2: Uh, no.

BEE: These Electric Cucumbers and their do-gooding were making their town happier than the other definition of "electric cucumber".

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