09-13-2017, 10:03 AM
If he didn't visit, people would be all over him for it.
It's been a pretty constant political thing regardless of side. Either they go to the disaster, causing us to spend a lot of money and generally causing a distraction on relief efforts. Or you don't go to the disaster and the same people who would complain about the spending of money and distraction just roast you every which way for not caring enough to show up.
Doesn't matter which party the President is in, they would get the same reaction from the opposing side. It's a wrong choice regardless of which choice they make, so they all make the relatively easy choice of looking like a spendthrift rather than heartless. "What's a few more million of debt on top of the $20t compared to looking like I don't care about the people who might vote for me?"
It's been a pretty constant political thing regardless of side. Either they go to the disaster, causing us to spend a lot of money and generally causing a distraction on relief efforts. Or you don't go to the disaster and the same people who would complain about the spending of money and distraction just roast you every which way for not caring enough to show up.
Doesn't matter which party the President is in, they would get the same reaction from the opposing side. It's a wrong choice regardless of which choice they make, so they all make the relatively easy choice of looking like a spendthrift rather than heartless. "What's a few more million of debt on top of the $20t compared to looking like I don't care about the people who might vote for me?"
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