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"Survivors of flooding aren't well served by political discussion," Earnest told reporters. They're "well served by coordinated government response."
During the flooding in Baton Rouge, which killed 13 people and left tens of thousands of homes devastated, Obama opted to remain on vacation in Martha's Vineyard a fact noted in a scathing op-ed published Wednesday in the Baton Rouge Advocate, among other places.
"The optics of Obama golfing while Louisiana residents languished in flood waters was striking," the newspaper editorialized. "It evoked the precedent of the passive federal response to the state's agony in 2005, a chapter of history no one should ever repeat."
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/obama-more-concerned-louisiana-response-optics-white-house-n636041
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)Bush goes to Birthday party, forgets about New Orleans
spanone
(135,816 posts)under 'news' i got: About 9,360 results (0.60 seconds)
under 'news' i googled: 'donald trump Louisiana floods' and got this: About 1,770,000 results (0.45 seconds)
we know what the media thought was most important.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)idiots, and bigots sell more news
niyad
(113,232 posts)crews can concentrate on rescue and recovery.
sheshe2
(83,728 posts)Obama has got this.
He always has. Haters are going to hate.
babylonsister
(171,054 posts)No wonder people are annoyed.
tavernier
(12,375 posts)tornados pounding the Midwest, Zika terrifying families in the south. None of those people need someone flying in for a photo op. But if you hate Obama, you will blame him regardless of what he does.
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)... people weren't left out in the lurch from Bush's FEMA there'd be less of a story in regards to the Bush admin incompetence.