Posted on 09/13/2018 6:19:12 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Jeb Bush criticized President Trump's controversial tweets about the death toll in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.
"Incredibly disheartening comments from our President," Bush tweeted Thursday.
Trump beat the former Florida governor for the Republican nomination for president in 2016.
Trump sparked controversy earlier Thursday when he tweeted that the estimated 3,000 death toll was intentionally inflated by Democrats.
The 3,000 approximation comes from a George Washington University study that tried to total how many "excess deaths" occurred because of Hurricane Maria and would not have happened in the absence of the cyclone.
Those involved with the study have emphasized that the 3,00 estimate(!) is not a conclusive number and further work should be done.
"Among all the deaths that occurred, which of them were related to Maria, which of them would not have occurred if it hadn't been for the storm? We're not able to say that now," the dean of GW's Milken Institute School of Public Health, Lynn Goldman, told CNN late last month.
The president has not brought forward any evidence for his claim Democrats falsified the number.
Trump has been roundly criticized for his tweets on the left and the right, even among some of his most staunch defenders.
Still, the White House defended the president's statements Thursday.
"President Trump was responding to the liberal media and the San Juan Mayor who sadly have tried to exploit the devastation by pushing out a constant stream of misinformation and false accusations," White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said in a statement Thursday to CNN.
Love it.
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Jeb Bush, STFU you stupid dolt! We don’t want to hear from you, about you or hear your name. Didn’t you get the clue in 2016?
We are done with the Bush family!
Take a hike, get lost, vanish, just get out of our sight!
JEB! who?
Paul Ryan can not retire soon enough. FU Paul!
Daddy promised YEB! he would turn the USA into North Mexico so his wife would feel at home.
They’ve done pretty well at it with help from adopted son Bubba, real son GWB and the Kenyanesian Usurper.
Whatever, Jeb. Put some guacamole on it.
Shut up Jeb!
5.56mm
http://redstatewatcher.com/article.asp?id=136740
Fox News Host Lou Dobbs is claiming President Trump was right to call out the inflation of the death toll in Hurricane Maria.
my wag is that a lot of people were on things like dialysis machines or other hospital type appliances that required electricity. when the electricity went down. so did they. they fault was with the incompetent corrupt electrical companies for not having backup or a better electrical system.
Done with Bushes. All of em.
What is the sound of one hand clapping?
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
I’m actually glad that Jeb comments on something every few months. It helps keep fresh in our minds just how badly he would’ve been trampled by Hillary in the general election.
I do not expect any sympathy from others if a Hurricane destroys my home. I live in Florida and accept the risks.
If you live on an island that will be in the path of MOST Hurricanes, don’t expect sympathy from me. Why is PR like a third world country? Is it the culture? Is their incompetence and corruption President Donald J. Trump’s fault?
The outrage directed at President Trump should be redirected to Bill and Hillary Clinton for their crooked, cheating, work in Haiti.
Where is the 6 Billion dollars that the Obama/Clinton state department can’t account for? Just askin’..
Jeb is still around
I have really learned to hate the Booshes. They really are not very bright people.
Another pathetic bid for attention from this loser.
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