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thucythucy

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5. Katrina was evidence of their lack of empathy

Sun Apr 12, 2020, 09:10 PM

Apr 2020

but back then they at least pretended to care (or tried to pretend).

We had a taste of what was coming with the Trump response to Maria--jetting down, throwing paper towels at a photo op, then blaming local officials and conditions for his own failure. And the media again fell down, failing to report on the extent of his failure.

Now their number one priority is trying to figure out how to use this catastrophe to stay in power.

Not a shred of decency among any of them.

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Trump failed, then made failure an official policy. [View all] gulliver Apr 2020 OP

Right on gulliver! You have said it all. enough Apr 2020 #1

The analysis of the Trump cult.. Permanut Apr 2020 #2

Federal government failure has been official GOP policy since Reagan. scarletwoman Apr 2020 #3

Katrina was evidence of their lack of empathy thucythucy Apr 2020 #5

I bet they can't believe their luck that Covid-19 causes the most fatalities for people of color. scarletwoman Apr 2020 #6

+1 ancianita Apr 2020 #8

+1 uponit7771 Apr 2020 #11

Excellent points. yonder Apr 2020 #4

I agree to some extent... 2naSalit Apr 2020 #7

Interesting analogy. Here's another. Haggis for Breakfast Apr 2020 #9

Well coined. JohnnyRingo Apr 2020 #10

Spot on! And to add, IF tRump really thought that each state needed to shoulder the PaulRevere08 Apr 2020 #12

At some point in time, the dictionary definition of failure will have to include Trump's face. patphil Apr 2020 #13

Republicans always claimed government won't help us, it's the problem, etc. IronLionZion Apr 2020 #14

Thanks for seeing this angle...failure becomes policy...great! Karadeniz Apr 2020 #15