Trump Denies Almost 3,000 Died In Puerto Rico, Falsely Claims Democrats Inflated Data

Updated at 12:15 p.m. ET

President Trump denied the death toll of nearly 3,000 from hurricanes Maria and Irma, which swept across Puerto Rico a year ago, in a series of tweets Thursday morning.

“3000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico,” he tweeted. “When I left the island, AFTER the storm had hit, they had anywhere from 6 to 18 deaths.”