"No one could explain the president's comment" on Hurricane Harvey

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David A. Graham @GrahamDavidA 5h5 hours ago
"No one could explain the president’s comment."

Christopher Ingraham @_cingraham
Trump evidently believes that Texans went out on their boats to watch Hurricane Harvey last year, which is why so many water rescues were necessary? https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Is-Texas-ready-for-another-Harvey-12972164.php …

[yallerdawg]

1. I can explain it.

He's a blithering idiot.

[malaise]

4. That's way too kind

There are no word for this stupid fuck.

[Merlot]

9. He's blaming the victims.

Not an idot, a manipulator and liar.

[Liberal In Texas]

2. The man is a moron.

So we shouldn't be all that shocked by all the stupid things he says.

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5. he's president of the United States

...we certainly should be shocked.

It's beyond 'stupid.' Combined with his actions, this kind of thinking can cost lives and livelihoods.

[2naSalit]

10. It can bring the

once "great nation" to ruin.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Didn't that come from Info Wars?

Or some Russian Bot?

[muntrv]

6. The same reason he asked "Didn't Canada burn down the White House in 1812?"

[Stallion]

7. I was on a Big Cruise "Boat" Anchored Off Port of Galveston Waiting to See if they Would let Us Dock

but alas they closed the Port and my 7 day Western Caribbean Cruise turned into a 12 Day Eastern/Western Caribbean Cruise

I can confirm there were hundreds of Ocean "Boats" about 60 miles from the Coast "watching" the backend of Hurricane Harvery

I'll take the blame!

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8. that doesn't square the inference Trump was making about Houston

Last edited Thu Jun 7, 2018, 05:46 PM - Edit history (1)

Houston Fire Chief Sam Peña said he wasn’t aware of the specific context of Trump’s quotes but praised the many Houstonians who used their own equipment to rescue trapped neighbors.

“During Harvey, certainly the community — those who were able to get out and help their neighbors — that was really a game-changer for us in meeting the extraordinary demand for evacuations,” he said. “Without the assistance of private citizens in their own boats… we would have had a more difficult time in getting to everybody that needed assistance.”

The comments perplexed a wide range of professional first responders and civilians who rushed into the flood waters to help their neighbors.

“I can only imagine he’s not talking about Houston,” said Lancton. “The reality is, I did not experience people sitting out in Brays Bayou waiting for the storm to come in… All the boats I saw out there were ones trying to help.”

Francisco Sanchez, spokesman for Harris County’s Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management, said the U.S. Coast Guard was a “top-notch” partner with a long history helping out in disasters in Harris County. It rose to the occasion during Harvey, he said.

“They were just beyond heroic in what they did,” he said. “They certainly -- here in Harris County -- are not underappreciated. they are part and parcel of any response that might involve maritime, ports, or even inland search and rescue operations.”

Sanchez also echoed comments about how civilians had helped Houston and Harris County overcome Harvey’s onslaught.

“I’m not aware of anybody in Harris County on a boat in the midst of the storm and its aftermath as a matter of leisure or entertainment,” he said. “The response from our community members and folks at the Cajun Navy that brought their boats, put them in the water to rescue people and to help, filled the gap that we couldn’t simply because of size and scope of what Hurricane Harvey was doing to our community."

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Is-Texas-ready-for-another-Harvey-12972164.php

Link to tweet

[Totally Tunsie]

11. Tillerson was right.

He IS a moron.

[area51]

12. THE STUPID, IT BURNS.

Sorry for the all caps, but as a Houstonian this really pisses me off.