You can see the media narrative growing tonight that President Obama is on Martha’s Vineyard golfing while Louisiana is drowning . Fema has been on the ground since the beginning and President Obama called Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards right after a State of emergency was declared. FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate visited the state Tuesday and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson was in-state Thursday.
CNN is reporting tonight that Trump and Pence will make a visit to area tomorrow. I’m sure Donald will declare it a very BIGLY flood. I’m in agreement with Gov. John Bel Edwards who stated tonight on Rachael Maddow’s show that “ The President can visit whenever he'd like, he'd prefer him to wait "a week or two" because such visits require local police and first responders to help block roads and provide security.”
Also, New York Times public editor: We neglected our duty in Louisiana flood coverage. www.theadvocate.com/…
We will see what tomorrow brings, but optics can be a problem here. Hope not. Meanwhile Red Cross is a great place to donate .
People can help by making a financial donation by visiting redcross.org, calling 1-800-RED CROSS or texting the word LAFLOODS to 90999 to make a $10 donation.