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Katrina & Maria both happened under GOP control of government. But after Katrina, notes a new report, the GOP House led an actual investigation into the disastrous response, leading to a 569-page blistering report w/ lessons learned. Post-Maria: crickets.

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Don't just refresh Florence news. Read the @OversightDems / @RepCummings report—"A Failure of Oversight: How Republicans Blocked a Credible Investigation of the Trump Administration’s Response to the 2017 Hurricanes." & then work to take back the House.

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Make no mistake. 2005-6 Congressional Republicans were a morass of corruption and partisan CYA. But compared to today’s GOP, on post-hurricane disaster oversight, they were a model of check-and-balances good government.
Trump didn’t shoot a guy in the middle of 5th Avenue. No, he let 3000 Americans die in Puerto Rico. And he lost about as many supporters as he expected.

Anyway, good luck to all preparing for #Florence.
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At all other times they ignore the territory & it's extreme poverty, economic dependency, & rampant political corruption.

Hurricane Maria deaths estimate.
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