Donald Trump just doesn’t ‘get it’….
And in doing so?
He’s screwing his party guys Scott and DeSantis down in Florida with the Puerto Rico Hurricane Aid issue….Just to defend HIMSELF as usual….
He’s also probably making people dealing with Hurricane Florence have doubts about how much assistance they will end up getting form the Fed’s for the damage to their property….
This before a midterm vote less then 2 months away….
As the first deaths from Hurricane Florence are being reported, President Donald Trump is doubling down on his false claims that Hurricane Maria’s death toll of nearly 3,000 Americans in Puerto Rico last year was inflated in order to do him political harm.
The president, in a pair of tweets on Friday evening, said the number of people estimated to have died as a result of the 2017 storm in Puerto Rico went up “like magic” and that there’s “no way” the death count is actually so high. Trump first surfaced this new conspiracy theory on Thursday, suggesting that Democrats had somehow inflated the death toll in order to make him look bad.
That’s not what happened. Researchers at George Washington University in August published an independent report saying that 2,975 people died in Puerto Rico as a result of Hurricane Maria from September 2017 to February 2018. Puerto Rico’s government and Gov. Ricardo Rosselló, who commissioned the GWU study, have accepted the estimate and updated their official death toll from Hurricane Maria accordingly….
Most recent presidential tweets, citing such august and distinguished authorities on population statistics and public health as professors Lou Dobbs, Ed Rollins and Geraldo Rivera:
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
When President Obama said that he has been to “57 States,” very little mention in Fake News Media. Can you imagine if I said that…story of the year! @IngrahamAngle
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“When Trump visited the island territory last October, OFFICIALS told him in a briefing 16 PEOPLE had died from Maria.” The Washington Post. This was long AFTER the hurricane took place. Over many months it went to 64 PEOPLE. Then, like magic, “3000 PEOPLE KILLED.” They hired….
….GWU Research to tell them how many people had died in Puerto Rico (how would they not know this?). This method was never done with previous hurricanes because other jurisdictions know how many people were killed. FIFTY TIMES LAST ORIGINAL NUMBER – NO WAY!
Great job FEMA, First Responders and Law Enforcement – not easy, very dangerous, tremendous talent. America is proud of you. Keep it all going – finish strong!
My thoughts and prayers are with
Evelyn Rodriguez this evening, along with her family and friends. #RIPEvelyn
[Mom of MS-13 victim fatally struck by car at daughter’s memorial site
The mother of a young girl killed by MS-13 gang members on Long Island was fatally struck by a car at her daughter’s memorial site… nypost.com
https://t.co/wMwxRdjBHM%5D
“The story of Puerto Rico is the rebuilding that has occurred. The President has done an extraordinary job of cleanup, rebuilding electrical stuff and everything else.” @EdRollins “The people of Puerto Rico have one of the most corrupt governments in our country.” @LouDobbs
“They say all these people died in the storm in Puerto Rico, yet 70% of the power was out before the storm. So when did people start dying? At what point do you recognize that what they are doing is a political agenda couched in the nice language of journalism?” @GeraldoRivera