Dems: Trump must apologize for refusing to accept Puerto Rico death toll

[left-of-center2012]

WASHINGTON – More than 130 Democrats from the House and Senate signed a letter to President Trump demanding he apologize to the people of Puerto Rico for refusing to accept the official death toll for Hurricane Maria.

Trump asserted 3,000 people didn’t die and said Democrats were inflating the official death count to make him look bad.

“These comments were grossly inaccurate, callous, embarrassing and beneath the dignity of the Office of the President of the United States,” the lawmakers said in the letter. “We call on you to immediately apologize and set the record straight by publicly acknowledging the official death toll.”

Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-Brooklyn) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) spearheaded the letter, which coincides with the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria making landfall. Of the 132 lawmakers who signed, all were Democrats – expect for Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent who caucuses with Democrats.

Read the letter here: https://tinyurl.com/y8hfty7u

https://nypost.com/2018/09/19/congress-trump-must-apologize-for-refusing-to-accept-puerto-rico-death-toll/

[Grassy Knoll]

1. Trump Need To Take A Big Step Back, And Fuck His Own Face.

[Qutzupalotl]

2. More of this.

I don’t expect Trump to actually apologize, but by shaming him we remind the public what we expect from elected officials. We must never forget.

[Wounded Bear]

3. Trump needs to apologize for being alive...