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CNN’s Jeff Zeleny: I’m Struck By How Little ‘Empathy’ Trump Has Shown For Harvey Victims
Mediaite ^ | 29 Aug 2017 | Justin Baragona

Posted on 08/29/2017 4:25:45 PM PDT by mandaladon

President Donald Trump traveled to Texas today to survey the damage from Hurricane Harvey and be briefed on the storm relief efforts. During a stop in Corpus Christi, the president treated it much like a campaign rally, highlighting the size of the crowd that turned out to watch him speak.

This afternoon, CNN senior White House correspondent Jeff Zeleny remarked that in his reaction to the historic storm so far, POTUS appears to be more focused on the emergency response, businesses and his crowds as opposed to the victims themselves.

Reporting from Austin, where the president was scheduled to arrive at the state’s emergency command center, Zeleny provided the following observation to CNN anchor Brianna Keilar:

“One thing I am struck by here, seeing all the stories of emotion, all the stories of loss, of devastation still unfolding — we do not know the extent of the damage here — very little in terms of empathy from this president. Very little in terms of emotion or talking directly to the people of Texas. He’s been talking about the businesses, talking about the response and his crowd. Certainly, this is a test, a new moment for this president. But how he’ll ultimately be judged, Brianna, as every president is in a disaster like this, is not on today, it’s on the response and the recovery and how Texas rebuilds if they get federal funds, et cetera, months, perhaps even years, from now.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cnn; fakenews; harvey; hurricaneharvey; searchworks; texas; trump
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very little in terms of empathy from this president. Very little in terms of emotion or talking directly to the people of Texas. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sick bastards!!!
1 posted on 08/29/2017 4:25:45 PM PDT by mandaladon
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Unreal.


2 posted on 08/29/2017 4:26:26 PM PDT by MustKnowHistory
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To: mandaladon

I wish he could just be struck by lightening.


3 posted on 08/29/2017 4:26:36 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: mandaladon

Apparently newsmen are paid to find new ways to paint Trump in a negative way. Wish they would report rather than create news.


4 posted on 08/29/2017 4:29:41 PM PDT by Boomer One ( ToUsesn)
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He was in a meeting room with the officials.


5 posted on 08/29/2017 4:30:06 PM PDT by TakebackGOP
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To: mandaladon

Even Antifa can’t save these bastards if they keep poking the hornets’ nest.


6 posted on 08/29/2017 4:31:30 PM PDT by ZULU (DITCH MITCH!!! DUMP RYAN!! DROP DEAD MCCAIN!! KIM FATTY the THIRD = Kim Jung Un)
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Let AT&T know how you feel about this POS.


7 posted on 08/29/2017 4:31:40 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: mandaladon
Sick bastards!!!

Precisely!

Some say he went too late, some say he went too early and this genius says not enough empathy...They're all sick bastards.

8 posted on 08/29/2017 4:32:26 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: mandaladon
Gay twerp..?!

WHO is a gay twerp..?!

9 posted on 08/29/2017 4:32:50 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: mandaladon

Governing with empathy is a symptom of manipulators and opportunists in power who’s focus is on never letting a crisis go to waste, instead of delivering meaningful results to a region damaged.


10 posted on 08/29/2017 4:33:26 PM PDT by blackdog
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To: mandaladon

When the truth gets in the way, simply ignore it and make stuff up.

When the final obituary is written for the MSM statement like this will be use to show they committed suicide by abandoning all pretense of being neutral in their reporting.


11 posted on 08/29/2017 4:33:40 PM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (US out of the UN, UN out of the US)
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To: mandaladon

Let me guess, I bet he was in awe of Ray Nagin back in the day.


12 posted on 08/29/2017 4:34:09 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players" Conn Smythe)
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To: mandaladon

You should be “struck”.....by a semi


13 posted on 08/29/2017 4:34:30 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: mandaladon

Of course he did. Haters gonna hate.


14 posted on 08/29/2017 4:34:39 PM PDT by AmusedBystander (The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next)
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Highway rest stop..?! Eh.....well....

I might have stopped....at the odd highway rest stop, a time or two, yes....A clutch of them. But only on every weekend.

Why do you ask...?

15 posted on 08/29/2017 4:35:05 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: mandaladon

Jeff, if it were not for FR I would not have a damn clue what the network is saying and once again, I don’t give a damn.


16 posted on 08/29/2017 4:35:52 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: gaijin
Aw, jeez, does this mean I have to beat up a faggot? I hate that. They start crying before I even break their glasses.
17 posted on 08/29/2017 4:35:58 PM PDT by Viking2002 ("If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck." - John Steinbeck)
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To: mandaladon

What did he want Trump to say and do?

Trump did everything possible to get the help needed for those impacted.


18 posted on 08/29/2017 4:37:19 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: mandaladon

“George Bush hates black people!”


19 posted on 08/29/2017 4:38:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: mandaladon

Believe it or not Jeff, POTUS Trump can’t suddenly become emotionally preoccupied with every dramatic human event to come along. That kind of thing is not for leaders. You want your leadership to keep it safe for the women and children to be able to do that. Do you see how that works?


20 posted on 08/29/2017 4:39:53 PM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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