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Keshav Srinivasan
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Did 6 to 18 people die in Hurricane Maria?

President Trump just tweeted this:

3000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico. When I left the Island, AFTER the storm had hit, they had anywhere from 6 to 18 deaths. As time went by it did not go up by much. Then, a long time later, they started to report really large numbers, like 3000. This was done by the Democrats in order to make me look as bad as possible when I was successfully raising Billions of Dollars to help rebuild Puerto Rico. If a person died for any reason, like old age, just add them onto the list. Bad politics. I love Puerto Rico!

My question is, is President Trump right that only 6 to 18 people died in Puerto Rico due to Hurricane Maria by the time he left the island?

Keshav Srinivasan
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