GOP lawmaker tears into Trump's 'warped mind' after tweet questioning Puerto Rico death toll

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5. "The George Washington University study, requested by the governor of Puerto Rico, examined an unusu

Of, course, Trump does not believe in science, nor would he believe the scientific study even if it was shoved into his pee brain!




The George Washington University study, requested by the governor of Puerto Rico, examined an unusually long period of time following the storm in an attempt to detect the hurricane’s lingering, indirect effects on mortality.


.....Trump’s tweets — which came as a highly dangerous Hurricane Florence churned toward the Carolinas — brought an immediate rebuke from Democrats in Congress.


“Only Donald Trump could see the tragedy in Puerto Rico and conclude that he is the victim,” said Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.). “May God bless the souls of the nearly 3,000 Americans that died in Puerto Rico and may he take pity on your soul, Mr. President.”

San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, who publicly pleaded with Trump for a stronger response to the storm, also blasted the president on Thursday in a series of tweets.

“This is what denial following neglect looks like: Mr Pres in the real world people died on your watch. YOUR LACK OF RESPECT IS APPALLING!” she wrote.

The George Washington University study, requested by the governor of Puerto Rico, examined an unusually long period of time following the storm in an attempt to detect the hurricane’s lingering, indirect effects on mortality.

The investigation looked at the total number of deaths from September 2017 through February 2018, and compared it with typical death rates, adjusting for many variables, including the hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans who evacuated the territory after the storm struck on Sept. 20.

The findings were embraced by the government of Puerto Rico as the study was released...........................