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you are right -- the OP made a mistake and said it was in a a tweet....but the quote is actually from a transcript taken of a meeting Obama had with FEMA
So not fake news -- just the OP cited the incorrect source. They provided the appropriate link with accurate information and incorrectly cited tweets.
That doesn't make the information fake . The information is real and true.
My mistake. The comments were made by Trump in a meeting he had with FEMA. My wife first told me he tweeted these comments and I got confused when I posted the article. The point is, thousands of good people were involved in the rescues from all around the world, but most were locals, and obviously, none of us wished such a disaster on ourselves just to rubberneck
Yup -- you got it -- I said Obama by mistake in my post.
Still trying to figure out how he would have come to that conclusion.
Per that dubious account, people across the Texas coast took to their kayaks and fishing boats to gawk at the massive hurricane stalled above, as if they’ve never seen a thunderstorm before, and exacerbated the Coast Guard’s response efforts.
In reality, HPD put out a call for private citizens willing to volunteer their boats for the official effort, organizations like the Cajun Navy dispatched boats from out of state, and countless neighbors took to their canoes, kayaks, and dinghies to execute daring rescues as the rising water stranded people across the city and along the Texas coast. We chronicled these efforts in real time and devoted our October issue to telling the stories of some of those heroic individuals. Looking back at photos, none of the boaters seem to be enjoying leisure time.
Since that comment, Texas officials have made it clear the Commander-in-Chief’s version of events bears no resemblance to how things went down before, during, and after Harvey.
Civilians worked alongside brave first responders in an effort to save thousands of lives.
@SheriffEd_HCSO - We made an app that rescued 30,000 people via 8,000 civilian rescuers. As far as we know, none were sitting around "watching the storm"; they were helping their neighbors.
Since that comment, Texas officials have made it clear the Commander-in-Chief’s version of events bears no resemblance to how things went down before, during, and after Harvey.
They just wrote the epitaph of the entire Trump presidency right there.
Of course, some people would more concisely just say he's a liar.
The fool in the White House will take a heroic deed and pervert it. God knows why. Probably because he didn't get help there first, he wants to make those that did respond first into villains.
Here's the inevitable line -- everyone knows Trump says things that aren't true -- no biggie.
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