Discussion: Trump Claims Falsely That Hurricane Maria Death Toll Has Been Inflated

Excellent program (as always).

Full episode:

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If a tree falls in the forest, and Trump wasnā€™t there to hear it, it didnā€™t happen.

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Yes, I got that.

I was piling on ā€“ the blame the victim shit in the Santorum quote really is a tired old trope. Not knowing Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States (and that Puerto Ricans are US Citizens with most of the same rights and privileges of Santorum) ā€“ thatā€™s just par for a box-stock GOP idiot like Santorum.

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The point is a simple minded person like Trump probably thought he was telling the truth for once. He just lacks the capacity to understand that numbers are often revised upward when all is said and done. He lacks intellectual curiosity.

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and as previously noted Trump you fucking moron
Puerto Rico is a PART of THIS country
Those were US citizens who died not Fer-in-ers

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Fear not. Trump will save the Carolinas just as he saved Puerto Rico.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dm-hyK0WsAAVYs1.jpg

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She is retiring. Someone who is not retiring needs to speak up.

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When a hurricane arrives near an election, a REAL president puts on his fleece and coordinates relief efforts with governors of both parties. Never mentions the election in his statements, or uses the moment to grandstand or campaign.

Or deny death tolls.

Just a reminder of what weā€™ve lost.

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Trump admits that two hurricanes made a direct hit on PR but we were told by this administration that only 6 to 18 died. But then they issue burial permits for at least 2000. Donald wants us to believe that heā€™s the Messiah and raided them from the dead?

Maybe he can host the reality show of the next Walking Dead spinoff once he gets out of prisonā€¦in a decade or two. Or perhaps he will be a Dead Man Walking by then?

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He canā€™t handle Anything.

Wait for Trumpā€™s evangelical base to claim that the death toll was the Rapture.

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Remember when Runt Limpballs told his brain-dead listeners that Hurricane Irma was a hoax dreamed up by climate scientists? Then, within hours of the conclusion of his crudcast, he hopped on his Gulfstream G550 jet (tail number N1EB) and flew to Los Angeles to ā€œride outā€ the storm?

Good times.

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Good point. But they arenā€™t ā€œhisā€ so he doesnā€™t give a flying flip. In fact, heā€™d be thrilled to see the ā€œcompetitionā€ destroyed.

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  1. I am glad my Dad is not alive to hear Santorum and witness Trumpā€™s abandonment of Puerto Rico, followed by his ridiculous, shameless claims that he deserves fucking hosannas and praises for the nothing he did and the fucks he did not give while Puerto Ricans were languishing and dying. He would have been especially amused to inform Santorum that thousands of PR US citizens fought and died in WW1, WW2, Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq, and thousands more continue to serve and defend the US.

  2. Notice how Trump, lying chiseling bastard that he is, now says the deaths were attributable to TWO hurricanes? I followed the hurricanes closely in the PR on line newspapers and I do not believe a single, solitary death occurred during or after Irma. Sleazy used car salesman Donald Trump.

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Heā€™s still saying that about Florence.

http://thehill.com/homenews/media/406372-limbaugh-forecast-of-potential-hurricane-florence-destruction-just-to-heighten

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Itā€™s REALITY that makes trump look bad He does it all by himself, without any help at all.

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Paul Ryan: Itā€™s an isolated island (surrounded by water; you canā€™t get there.) Itā€™s not our fault.

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ā€œ3000 11 million people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico holocaust.ā€

Sound familiar?

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So you think he really supposes it to be the truth that this is a Democratic plot to make him look bad and that they just counted all dead people as due to the hurricane? Simple lack of curiosity led him to those honest conclusions? If you want to believe that, fine. Iā€™m just not clear whatā€™s to be gained here in bending over backwards to be ā€œfairā€ in this way.

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You have to think none of this is going down well with the large Caribbean-American population down in Florida, who have Senate seat and Governorship to decide in November.

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