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Botany

(70,518 posts) Sun Jan 26, 2020, 07:31 PM Jan 2020

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Please tell me I am wrong and Trump tweeted the ...

... wrong # of people killed along side Kobe. He posted something like 3 others when it was 9.

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Please tell me I am wrong and Trump tweeted the ... (Original Post) Botany Jan 2020 OP

I think it was initially reported as five Skittles Jan 2020 #1

Yes it was reported as 5 Bev54 Jan 2020 #2

Many of the initial reports said five total. TwilightZone Jan 2020 #3

You would think by now he or his people would have... Botany Jan 2020 #6

Sometimes, I think he posts incorrect information on purpose for attention. TwilightZone Jan 2020 #7

Yes, the idiot in chief tweeted "Kobe plus 3 others" DesertRat Jan 2020 #4

He didn't even get the initial report right. He should of stayed a pant load. nt UniteFightBack Jan 2020 #5

up until about an hr ago we all thought it was 5 samnsara Jan 2020 #8

Oiy! PandoraAwakened Jan 2020 #9

Skittles

(153,169 posts)

1. I think it was initially reported as five

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Sun Jan 26, 2020, 07:31 PM

Jan 2020

Bev54

(10,053 posts)

2. Yes it was reported as 5

Reply to Skittles (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 26, 2020, 07:33 PM

Jan 2020

but at the press conference they stated 9 people died.

TwilightZone

(25,471 posts)

3. Many of the initial reports said five total.

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Sun Jan 26, 2020, 07:35 PM

Jan 2020

They were obviously wrong. At the same time some sources were "confirming" five dead, the local authorities said they were still working on the fire and didn't have full access to the site.

Trump either saw an erroneous report or he can't do basic math. The latter, probably.

Botany

(70,518 posts)

6. You would think by now he or his people would have...

Reply to TwilightZone (Reply #3)

Sun Jan 26, 2020, 07:39 PM

Jan 2020

... posted a correction.

When does this all end?

TwilightZone

(25,471 posts)

7. Sometimes, I think he posts incorrect information on purpose for attention.

Reply to Botany (Reply #6)

Sun Jan 26, 2020, 07:40 PM

Jan 2020

This could certainly be one of those times.

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)

4. Yes, the idiot in chief tweeted "Kobe plus 3 others"

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Sun Jan 26, 2020, 07:36 PM

Jan 2020

He really needs to stop reporting news and go back to golfing.

Link to tweet

UniteFightBack

(8,231 posts)

5. He didn't even get the initial report right. He should of stayed a pant load. nt

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Sun Jan 26, 2020, 07:39 PM

Jan 2020

samnsara

(17,622 posts)

8. up until about an hr ago we all thought it was 5

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Sun Jan 26, 2020, 07:43 PM

Jan 2020

PandoraAwakened

(905 posts)

9. Oiy!

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Sun Jan 26, 2020, 08:31 PM

Jan 2020

(My reaction to the Orange Turd every day, every hour, every second)

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