Trump again harps on Hurricane Maria death toll as Florence kills in the Carolinas
Having already drawn widespread criticism from members of his own party earlier this week for a claim made without evidence that the death toll was ginned up by
"When Trump visited the island territory last October, OFFICIALS told him in a briefing 16 PEOPLE had died from Maria," Trump tweeted, appearing to attribute the quote to the
He went on.
"They hired ...
The official death toll from last year's storm stood at 64 until late August, although doubts had been cast on that estimate. On
Trump's tweets -- which drew an offer from
As many as seven deaths have been attributed to the storm so far.
But Trump has been fixated on his administration's response to Hurricane Maria the entire week, starting when he defended the federal response in
The president's tweets are problematic for
DeSantis and Scott have taken pains to court the Puerto Rican vote, with
According to Florida Politcs, DeSantis is scheduled Saturday to attend a Hispanic heritage event in
McClatchy DC reporter
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