Abbott: Trump won't travel to Houston during his Texas visit

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico




By POLITICO STAFF 08/28/2017 08:48 AM EDT

President Donald Trump will not visit Houston during his trip Tuesday to Texas to survey the damage caused by Hurricane Harvey, Texas Gov. Greg Abbot said, adding that the president will instead be “closer” to where the hurricane hit land.

“The place he will be going to will not be Houston so [he] will not be getting into harm’s way or interrupting the evacuations or emergency response in the Houston area,” Abbott said Monday on CBS This Morning. “He most likely will be going closer to where the hurricane hit land.”

The White House announced on Sunday that Trump will travel to Texas Tuesday but didn’t provide the locations where he is set to visit.

Extensive flooding from Hurricane Harvey devastated parts of Texas over the weekend and is responsible for at least five deaths. About 30,000 people are expected to be housed in emergency shelters.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/28/trump-visit-texas-hurricane-harvey-2017-242090

[spiderpig]

1. Why don't Texans tell him to stay the hell away?

Go play golf at Mar-a-Lago. There ought to be plenty of tee times open with all the cancellations.

[oberliner]

5. He is very popular in Texas

Although HRC did beat him soundly in Harris county.

[Spider Jerusalem]

12. Not so much. Last poll I saw had him at 42% approval in TX.

[oberliner]

13. Wow

That is good to see.

[Dopers_Greed]

14. Too bad that...

Those 42% are most of the people who actually vote.

"I forgot to register."

"Both sides are evil."

"I don't want to talk politics."

The most common phrases I heard here during the election.

[avebury]

2. Trump is a total moron.

Texas has enough problems dealing the the devastation of Harvey without have to reallocate resources to cover a Trump visit.

[Ligyron]

4. Same shit he pulled last time.

He was so presidential and helpful unloading that Play-doh.

[tanyev]

3. They've rounded up the leadership of the Aransas County GOP for photo ops?

[NCjack]

7. Smarmy RW GOP politicians begging for money -- a disgusting display of hypocrisy.

They may want that photo now, but soon they will be running away from Putin-pal Trump.

[dalton99a]

6. Better photo ops where there is more structural devastation - and fewer black people

[MineralMan]

8. He'll probably pull a GWB and have AF1 fly over Houston.

If he remembers to look out the window, he might see something, but maybe not, too.

Great job, Donny....

[jmowreader]

21. That's the only way he should do it

At this point in the recovery cycle, VIP visits are the last thing they need to contend with.

During Hurricane Andrew relief my Army unit was running the best refugee camp in Florida. The authorities just LOVED our refugee camp and how well it was being operated. When President Bush came down, that's where they took him*. They waited until a month after the hurricane hit before dropping that mess on us.

I'm sorta surprised Trump hasn't already run down there.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

9. Looks like @realDonaldTrump will fly into Corpus area, Austin, for #Harvey visit.

Full disclosure: I have never seen the point of having a president from either party visit the site of a natural disaster. The visit serves only to tie up personnel whose time would be better spent taking care of problems.

Retweeted by David Fahrenthold: https://twitter.com/fahrenthold

Looks like @realDonaldTrump will fly into Corpus area for #Harvey visit.

Link to tweet

#FAASTeam Notice: VIP Movement Notification – Corpus Christi, Texas http://bit.ly/2gipSJn

Link to tweet

FAASTeam Notice
Type: Selected ATC Notices
Notice Date: Monday, August 28, 2017
Notice Number: NOTC7335
VIP Movement Notification – Corpus Christi, Texas
This posting will be removed on Wednesday, August 30, 2017

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Notice Date: Monday, August 28, 2017
Notice Number: NOTC7336
VIP Movement Notification – Austin, Texas
This posting will be removed on Wednesday, August 30, 2017

What's up with Springfield, MO?

FAASTeam Notice
Type: Selected ATC Notices
Notice Date: Friday, August 25, 2017
Notice Number: NOTC7334
VIP Notice - Springfield, MO.
This posting will be removed on Thursday, August 31, 2017

[uppityperson]

15. I agree, no need to the up resources during active disaster.

[RhodeIslandOne]

10. Of course not, Houston is blue

Hence why Trump is giddy seeing minorities drown.

[Yupster]

11. Houston was probably the number one place

that New Orleans victims evacuated to and many stayed there.

There are probably thousands of people going through this flood that were there for the last one too.

[TexasBushwhacker]

17. Yup. And Corpus Christie is red. N/t

[Igel]

23. The problems in Corpus Christi are known.

And not expanding. It's full-scale cleanup/repair.

Austin's blue.

Houston's still in the midst of the problem: Harvey's going to dump more rain tomorrow. It's unclear how much, the estimates have gone all fuzzy again; it depends on some things that we can't confidently predict.

[TexasBushwhacker]

24. At least some parts of town have gotten a break

48 hours ago I got 18 inches of rain in the previous 24 hours. Now I've only gotten 5 inches in the last 24 hours. I live on the west side of town about 2 miles from Barker Dam. They started a controlled release of water about 12 hours ago and so far it hasn't affected nearby Buffalo Bayou. It is VERY high, but it hasn't risen in over 24 hours. So, right now, I'm feeling very lucky.

[ProgressiveValue]

16. To Trump:

What is your major malfunction, numb nuts?

[FSogol]

18. The reason: Houston's golf courses are all flooded.

[Justice]

19. Perfect.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

20. Less trouble for him to congratulate himself on Twitter

[LudwigPastorius]

22. Of course he won't travel to Houston.

His pastel hair-helmet might get wet.