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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHallie Jackson Calls Out WH Spox's Falsehoods About 'That Country' Puerto Rico
By Matt Shuham
April 2, 2019 11:23 am
NBC News Hallie Jackson fact-checked White House spokesperson Hogan Gidley in real time after Gidley repeated President Donald Trumps falsehoods regarding Puerto Rico. Gidley also incorrectly called the U.S. territory that country, which he later said was a slip of the tongue.
In an interview Tuesday morning with Jackson, Gidley attempted to defend President Donald Trumps tweeted attacks at Puerto Rico, where nearly 3,000 people died as a result of Hurricane Marias landfall in 2017, and where the Trump administration is widely blamed for bungling disaster response after the catastrophic storm.
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They have received more money than any state or territory in history for rebuild, Gidley asserted confidently, adding: They have not come to $91 billion, with all weve done in that country, where they have had a systematic mismanagement of the goods and services weve sent to them.
Jackson jumped in, correcting the White House spokesperson on three fronts. These are things that are not true, just factually, from a factual basis, she said.
First, the $91 billion Gidley and Trump cited doesnt represent whats been spent on recovery in Puerto Rico, but rather the Trump administrations high-end estimate of what recovery on the island could cost in the long run, The Washington Post reported. The territory has only actually received about $11 billion in aide.
Second, even if Puerto Rico receives $91 billion in federal assistance over the lifetime of the Hurricane Maria recovery which will take many more years that still wont come close to the estimated $120 billion federal bill for the recovery after Hurricane Katina.
Finally, Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens who live in a U.S. territory. Gidley said later in the interview that it was a mistake to refer to the island as that country.
Do you think thats a concern that there is that kind of slip of the tongue inside the White House? Jackson asked.
No, Gidley replied. A slip of the tongue is not on purpose, Hallie, that would by definition be a slip of the tongue.
Commenting on Gidleys reference to Puerto Rico as that country, Politicos Jake Sherman said Ive heard variations of this from many people inside the White House. The New York Times Maggie Haberman agreed.
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Hallie Jackson Calls Out WH Spox's Falsehoods About 'That Country' Puerto Rico (Original Post)
DonViejo
Apr 2019
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flor-de-jasmim
(2,125 posts)1. The same slip of the tongue that refers to "three Mexican countries"?
2naSalit
(86,650 posts)2. Prettyt much.
Simple minds can only sustain a few superficial points over any given period of time.
erronis
(15,303 posts)3. Or those "shithole countries"? (He meant to say non-white.)
They can call it a slip of the tongue or a brain fart but it is really a unfettered tendency to denigrate the others.
erronis
(15,303 posts)4. Kudos to Hallie Jackson. We need more direct fact checking and calling out the liars to their faces.