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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMississippi Awaits Federal Relief Help for Tornado Damage
while Drumpt is busy arguing crowd size and starting investigations over 2 million "illegal voters."http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/tornado-ravaged-mississippi-still-waiting-on-disaster-relief-after-trump-promises-to-expedite-the-process/
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Lawmakers in Mississippi are anxiously awaiting federal assistance for the tornado-ravaged state despite assurances from President Donald Trump that he will expedite the recovery process, reports WLOX.
Drumpt takes a whole 2 days to take a page from Shrub's emergency relief playbook.
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Mississippi Awaits Federal Relief Help for Tornado Damage (Original Post)
kairos12
Jan 2017
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,839 posts)1. You'd think he'd be eager to show up in his golden chariot
for a glorious photo op demonstrating His Majesty's great care and concern for his subjects.
2naSalit
(86,780 posts)2. because only HE can fix it....nt
dalton99a
(81,578 posts)3. Sheesh, can't they just let him watch TV?
Sorry for them but as they say, Votes Count
oasis
(49,408 posts)5. Seems "base voters" have no clout with Trump Administration. Haley Barbour
can't just pick up the phone and get things moving? Barbour heads a major lobbying firm, but he can't get shit expedited for his own state.
People of Mississippi need to wake up.
justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)6. My friend who does work for FEMA, finally got a call late last night.
So something is afoot.
Tatiana
(14,167 posts)7. He's too busy watching TV and tweeting. Sad!
Hope they are able to get the needed resources to recover.
kairos12
(12,872 posts)8. Agree. They need help.