The Latest: Paul Ryan rejects Trump’s claim death toll wrong
House Speaker
The
Trump on Thursday tweeted "3,000 people did not die" in
Ryan denies the figure reflects poorly on Trump, saying, "casualties don't make a person look bad."
Trump's tweets came as the Carolinas braced for Hurricane Florence, which could drench the homes of up to 10 million people.
The mayor of
He says, "the victims of
Rossello says he accepted as the official death toll an independent analysis that nearly 3,000 died in
Trump on Thursday rejected that figure, arguing without evidence that the number was wrong and calling it a plot by
The mayor of
San Juan Mayor
Cruz tweeted Thursday, "Simply put: delusional, paranoid, and unhinged from any sense of reality. Trump is so vain he thinks this is about him. NO IT IS NOT." She also tweeted, "Damn it: this is NOT about politics this was always about SAVING LIVES."
The feud between Cruz and Trump goes back to when the Category 4 storm hit last
President
Trump tweeted Thursday as Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolinas. He said: "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..."
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