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

In tweets this morning, the president disavowed studies showing the death toll was much higher than initially reported and blamed Democrats for trying to make him "look as bad as possible."

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

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