The mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, shot back at President Donald Trump minutes after his Thursday morning claim that the death toll from last year’s Hurricane Maria was grossly inflated. Trump’s denial that nearly 3,000 people died as a result of the September 2017 storm, determined by a government report, amounts to “denial following neglect,” Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz tweeted. Trump blamed Democrats for reporting large figures in order to make him look bad. pic.twitter.com/K96H5O3NKM — Carmen Yulín Cruz (@CarmenYulinCruz) September 13, 2018This is what denial following neglect looks like: Mr Pres in the real world people died on your watch. "After the storm, it was evident that the treatment given in Florida or Texas was very different than the treatment given in Puerto Rico."

Source: Huffington Post September 13, 2018 13:31 UTC