Politicized haggling over storms is gross and counterproductive

Published September 13, 2018 3:45pm ET



As Hurricane Florence heads toward the East Coast, President Trump tweeted that “3000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico.” He then added, “This was done by the Democrats in order to make me look as bad as possible.”

In these callous tweets the president is haggling over those who died in the aftermath of a hurricane – many of which can and should have been prevented – as if they were numbers of viewers at his inauguration.

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