President Donald Trump has insinuated that Alabama could have been hit by Hurricane Dorian despite government meteorologist saying otherwise, according to cbsnews.
What We Know:
- During a Wednesday briefing, the president displayed a map that appeared to be altered with a sharpie around Alabama.
- The National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center said there was no potential threat to Alabama, yet the president doubled down on his claim in several tweets Thursday morning, CBSnews.
Alabama was going to be hit or grazed, and then Hurricane Dorian took a different path (up along the East Coast). The Fake News knows this very well. That’s why they’re the Fake News!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 5, 2019
- When reporters commented on the alteration to the map, President Trump said “I don’t know three times after a reporter asked about the Sharpie addition.”
- President Trump’s oval office stated, “The president talked about having a better map, which seemed to match the description of the week-old South Florida Water Management District forecast.”
The hashtag #SharpieGate has trended on Twitter for the past week as people mock President Trump’s claim by posting Sharpie drawings of their own.
https://twitter.com/travisakers/status/1169594629446131713?s=20
White House releases new photo of Trump’s completed border wall#SharpieGate pic.twitter.com/zEqmVEGmPx
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) September 5, 2019
