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Quote:Reminder: Mike Pence used the Bible to explain why we shouldn’t fund Katrina relief

In News by Jennifer M. Wood / August 30, 2017
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Back in 2005, when he was just a lowly congressman — but still a spineless, Bible-touting dbag — Mike Pence had the audacity to stand up in front of Congress and actually use a verse from the Holy Book (Matthew 7:25, to be exact) to explain why the government shouldn’t be using any of their hard-won dollars to help victims of Hurricane Katrina.


With his trademark phoniness intact, the so-called Christian, who is now a heartbeat away from the presidency, stood in front of his colleagues and, after stating that “Katrina breaks my heart,” explained why it was up to the people of New Orleans — a city that was 80 percent underwater at the time — to deal with their own problems:

Quote:“When I consider its tragic aftermath, the ancient parable comes to mind: ‘And the rains descended and the flood came and the winds blew and beat against the house and it fell with a great crash.’

For most American families, when a tree falls on your house, you tend to the wounded, you rebuild and then you figure out how you’re going to pay for it. Later today, Congress will continue the work of funding the relief and recovery from Hurricane Katrina. And well we should, by spending more than $50 billion to FEMA and other agencies.

But as we tend to the wounded, as we begin to rebuild, let us also do what every other American family would do in like circumstances and expects this congress to do. Let’s figure out how we’re going to pay for it. Congress must ensure that a catastrophe of nature does not become a catastrophe of debt for our children and grandchildren.”

It’s funny that Pence took a family-focused approached to Katrina, and yet still came to the conclusion that Congress had done enough and now it was up to the city’s residents to clean up their own mess. In case you’ve forgotten, here’s what New Orleans looked like at the time:

But yeah, Pence is right. Hurricane Katrina was totally the equivalent of a tree falling on your house — if that tree caused an estimated $108 billion in damage and killed close to 2,000 Americans. Definitely an apt comparison.

Of course, now that he’s a vice president who is hoping he might be able to move into the Oval Office one day soon, he’s changed his tune slightly…
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As @POTUS said today: "We are one American family...to the people of Texas and Louisiana: We are 100 percent with you."
7:25 PM - Aug 28, 2017

Yep, that’s us, America. One big happy family — unless you’re gay, transgender, black, Muslim, Jewish, female or someone who refuses to believe that white supremacists are very fine people.