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By AREK SARKISSIAN
05/07/2019 08:37 PM EDT
TALLAHASSEE Florida Republicans have warned the White House that a planned campaign rally in Panama City on Wednesday needs to include an announcement of aid for the storm-torn region, but as of late Tuesday the Trump administration had made no guarantees, according to three people with knowledge of the presidents plans.
Party officials have told President Donald Trump to arrive in the Panhandle with something more than rhetoric for residents, who are still still living among piles of destruction left by Hurricane Michael seven months ago. U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz and Gov. Ron DeSantis met with Trump at the White House on Monday to discuss the campaign rally. After the meeting, Gaetz said Monday night that no decisions about an announcement had been made ...
https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2019/05/07/florida-republicans-warn-trump-not-to-arrive-in-storm-torn-panhandle-empty-handed-1010176
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,610 posts)msongs
(67,366 posts)Phoenix61
(16,994 posts)Landfall was in Mexico Beach. It received a lot of storm surge damage along with the wind. Panama City had little storm surge but we lost 75% of our trees. 80% of all buildings were damaged or destroyed. Only 10% of housing was undamaged. The storm hit the Georgia border as a Cat 3 hurricane. There is no way to wrap your head around the extent of the damage without seeing it. It's weird, but the trees make me the saddest. The ones still standing look like something from a Tim Burton movie.
Freethinker65
(10,001 posts)Grammy23
(5,810 posts)Rumors abound about them rebuilding it but so far, it is still a mess. tRump might try to make some empty promises to rebuild it. Just to keep the restless natives soothed for a while. That would be easy for him to do. Talk a good line but deliver nothing.
struggle4progress
(118,236 posts)NBachers
(17,082 posts)Beartracks
(12,801 posts)SammyWinstonJack
(44,129 posts)yortsed snacilbuper
(7,939 posts)Captain Stern
(2,199 posts)Always with their hands out, wanting some free stuff.
For God's sake, somebody get these people some boot straps.
JHB
(37,157 posts)hatrack
(59,578 posts)The slack-jawed, Bible-thumping gunbots don't care.
He could hurl cat turds at them while raping their daughters and they'd cheer because of the way he'd just "owned the libtards".