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June 7, 2018

Trump Silent on PR Hurricane Deaths, Falsely Claims Coast Guard Saved 16,000
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During Trump's tour of FEMA, the president did not mention a new study
that found Hurricane Maria killed more than 4,600 people in Puerto Rico,
70 times the official toll. Trump did make the claim that the U.S. Coast
Guard saved 16,000 people who sailed into the Gulf of Mexico to watch
Hurricane Harvey as it struck Texas last year. The Coast Guard says
there's no evidence to back Trump's claim, as did Texas's governor.


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