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director levees breach" width="638" height="450" srcset="http://hinterlandgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/donald-trump-corpus-christi-638x450.png 638w, http://hinterlandgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/donald-trump-corpus-christi-150x106.png 150w, http://hinterlandgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/donald-trump-corpus-christi-768x542.png 768w, http://hinterlandgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/donald-trump-corpus-christi-78x55.png 78w, http://hinterlandgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/donald-trump-corpus-christi-300x212.png 300w, http://hinterlandgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/donald-trump-corpus-christi.png 1214w" sizes="(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">As Levees Breach Following Hurricane Harvey, Donald Trump Says FEMA Director is Getting Famous</figcaption></figure><p>As levees breach in Texas following Hurricane Harvey, during a photo op in Texas on Tuesday, <strong>Donald Trump</strong> thought it was more important to proclaim that his FEMA director <strong>William Brock Long</strong> is getting famous on television.  He also <a href="https://twitter.com/christinawilkie/status/902591642976256000">bragged</a> about the size of the crowd of mostly his supporters who turned out to see him in Corpus Christi.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“What a crowd, what a turnout,” Trump said from atop this firetruck, addressing hurricane victims. <a href="https://t.co/0EdsLctHDi">pic.twitter.com/0EdsLctHDi</a></p><p>&mdash; Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) <a href="https://twitter.com/christinawilkie/status/902591642976256000">August 29, 2017</a></p></blockquote><p><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p><p>Um, the national disgrace continues&#8230;.</p><p>Never mind the dams overflowing and the scores of people in Houston who are in danger. Jeff Lindner, meteorologist with the Harris County Flood Control District told <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41081629">BBC News,</a> “This is something we’ve never faced before, so we’re trying our best to wrap around what exactly this water is going to do.”</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Meanwhile, officials in Brazoria County were telling people to get out now because the levee has been breached:</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/sUTyXBzer9">pic.twitter.com/sUTyXBzer9</a></p><p>&mdash; Brazoria County (@BrazoriaCounty) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrazoriaCounty/status/902539081841827842">August 29, 2017</a></p></blockquote><p><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p><p>Um, nope. That&#8217;s not sinking in Donald Trump&#8217;s head. He&#8217;s instead bragging about crowd size and his FEMA director&#8217;s newfound fame.</p><blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">At his first briefing in Texas, Trump thanks FEMA Director William Brock Long and says he’s come “very famous on television” due to Harvey. <a href="https://t.co/TFyD580JPY">pic.twitter.com/TFyD580JPY</a></p><p>— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedNews/status/902583839335358464">August 29, 2017</a></p></blockquote><p><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p><p>Ari Fleischer, former White House press secretary in the George W. Bush administration, slammed Trump for failing to show &#8220;empathy&#8221; for the people who are suffering Texas.</p><p>“I was with President Bush when he went to see the devastation caused by fires in Arizona and tornados in Missouri.” “And there was something missing from what President Trump said — I hope he will say it later today — but that’s the empathy for the people who suffer.”</p><p>He continued, “That, in my opinion, should have been the first thing he should have said.” “That his heart goes out to those people in Houston who are going through this and that the government is here to help them recover from this. And then secondly, the job of the president is to thank those who are the first responders.”</p><p>Donald Trump is trying to earn cheap political and financial points (he continues to wear hats being sold on his website) at the expense of the thousands of Texans who have lost everything as a result of the hurricane. Many fled with mostly nothing. 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