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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAP FACT CHECK: Trump brings Puerto Rico fiction to Florida
Source: Associated Press
AP FACT CHECK: Trump brings Puerto Rico fiction to Florida
By CALVIN WOODWARD and HOPE YEN
May 8, 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump brought his enduring fiction about hurricane aid for Puerto Rico to a rally crowd in Florida on Wednesday.
Pledging unstinting support for more hurricane recovery money for Floridians, he vastly exaggerated how much Puerto Rico has received.
Trump laced his speech in Panama City Beach with a recitation of falsehoods that never quit, touching on veterans health care, the economy, visas and more. A sampling:
TRUMP: We gave to Puerto Rico $91 billion and thats more, he said, than any U.S. state or entity has received for hurricane aid.
THE FACTS: His number is wrong, as is his assertion that the U.S. territory has set some record for federal disaster aid. Congress has so far distributed only about $11 billion for Puerto Rico, not $91 billion.
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By CALVIN WOODWARD and HOPE YEN
May 8, 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump brought his enduring fiction about hurricane aid for Puerto Rico to a rally crowd in Florida on Wednesday.
Pledging unstinting support for more hurricane recovery money for Floridians, he vastly exaggerated how much Puerto Rico has received.
Trump laced his speech in Panama City Beach with a recitation of falsehoods that never quit, touching on veterans health care, the economy, visas and more. A sampling:
TRUMP: We gave to Puerto Rico $91 billion and thats more, he said, than any U.S. state or entity has received for hurricane aid.
THE FACTS: His number is wrong, as is his assertion that the U.S. territory has set some record for federal disaster aid. Congress has so far distributed only about $11 billion for Puerto Rico, not $91 billion.
-snip-
Read more: https://apnews.com/587202f6106f48579a4f5406b841da26
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump brings Puerto Rico fiction to Florida (Original Post)
Eugene
May 2019
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SHRED
(28,136 posts)1. You mean he's a liar?
Holy shit.
Skittles
(153,113 posts)3. and a racist?
I am shocked
sheshe2
(83,654 posts)2. No wonder he lost so many billions over the years.
11 is 91 or is 91...11. Man can't even count.
struggle4progress
(118,228 posts)4. knr
WA-03 Democrat
(3,037 posts)5. Call me craven
But if he did give $90b to PR I be willing to forgive this lie and only this lie.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)7. He counted in expenditures far into the future. Fact check article indicates he paid a small % of 90
In other words, lying his ass off. As usual.
BigmanPigman
(51,567 posts)6. He even thanked the crowd for paying their taxes too.
He's a heck of a guy, isn't he? He also told them that if they aren't getting relief it is due to "Democrat Obstruction".
If any of his crowd still buys his BS and they are struggling with hurricane damage I have no pity for them. They know who and what they are supporting so I REALLY DON'T CARE!