Wallace on Trump Puerto Rico Tweets: ‘Curious Thing’ To Be ‘Focusing’ on During Florence

‘There has been a lot of controversy about that and according to some studies that are widely accepted the death toll not from the immediate storm but from the aftermath rose from dozens to almost 3,000’

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SMITH: "The president continues to receive criticism on both sides of the aisle to his recent comments on Puerto Rico, Chris."

WALLACE: "Well, it’s curious because the fact is we’re all focused on, as we should be, is the fact that a million of our fellow Americans are in the eye of this storm or the storm may be headed over them. Their lives are in danger, all their property is in danger and the government has done such a good job in preparing. And early this week on Tuesday the president, as he was getting a briefing, decided to defend the federal response of hurricane Maria a year ago in Puerto Rico. And to say this was one of the unsung successes of FEMA. Of course, there has been a lot of controversy about that and according to some studies that are widely accepted the death toll not from the immediate storm but from the aftermath rose from dozens to almost 3,000. And then you have the president yesterday sending out that tweet saying he didn’t believe the numbers. He thought they had been spun by Democrats trying to make him look bad. That got a very negative response not just from Democrats and from people in Puerto Rico, but from top Republicans. The speaker of the house, Paul Ryan, who said look, we have no reason to doubt the new higher death toll from Maria. It seems like a curious thing to be focusing on when one, there is a storm that is such a danger, and at least so far the FEMA, the federal government seems to be so well positioned to handle it."

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