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Trump denied on Thursday that nearly 3,000 people had died last year in Hurricane Maria, falsely calling it a made-up number by Democrats out to get him.

Angry at criticism of his response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico last year, he denied on Thursday that nearly 3,000 people had died, falsely calling it a made-up number by Democrats out to get him.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/13/us/politics/trump-fact-check-hurricane.html

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