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That’s it. That’s all he’s said about these fires. Nothing all this time and then thank you to the firefighters but nothing to the millions of people affected.
The President hasn’t tweeted about the devastating wildfires over the past few weeks, despite regularly posting to his Twitter feed. His relative silence adds to his history of offering little empathy in the face of natural disasters, and tendency to attack Democratic leaders for their handling of crises.
Little or no empathy, usually no.
And notice that this lonesome tweet* is 50% about Trump. I approved declarations, look at the firefighters but also look at me.
*ugh, not an official outlet, but a goddamn tweet… this fucking guy!
I know. Firefighters plus me me me me glorious me. Not a word about the millions of casualties.
Oregon towns known to have been completely or largely destroyed according to Oregon Gov Brown:
(NOTE: these are census populations of affected residents not casualties)
Detroit – pop 225
Blue River – pop 814
Vida – pop 1170
Phoenix – pop 4602
Talent – pop 6541
(Still trying to find out about Stayton, and Lyons
Oh good lord.
But firefighters wear yooniforms. They’re almost sojers, y’know. Apart from the ones who become casualties of the fires. They’re losers.