President Trump falsely claims 3000 death toll in Puerto Rico is a lie

mostlysignssomeportents:

The Republican president speaks for the Republican Party.

3000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit
Puerto Rico. When I left the Island, AFTER the storm had hit, they had
anywhere from 6 to 18 deaths. As time went by it did not go up by much.
Then, a long time later, they started to report really large numbers,
like 3000…. [twitter]

….This was done by the Democrats in order to make me look as bad as
possible when I was successfully raising Billions of Dollars to help
rebuild Puerto Rico. If a person died for any reason, like old age, just
add them onto the list. Bad politics. I love Puerto Rico! [twitter]

Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in September 2017. The 2,975 count
comes from a George Washington University study, published in July,
which included people who died of thist, starvation, disease or neglect
as a direct result of the storm. 64 (not “6 to 18”) were reportedly
killed outright by drowning, falling debris, in collapsing buildings,
etc.

https://boingboing.net/2018/09/13/president-trump-falsely-claims.html