Jonathan Capehart:
It is always great when the president of the United States goes to an area where people are grieving, where people — excuse me — where people are suffering. And so I give the president credit for going.
However, it is a little hard to hear the president say when asked about a report, FEMA decision-making was delayed because of a decision — excuse me — decision made by the secretary, and he says, I don’t know anything about that.
That’s not acceptable. The president of the United States should, at a minimum say, we will get to the bottom of that, but right now we are here and we’re going to be there for the people of Texas.
I think when we see natural disasters, as much as people criticize FEMA and have maybe legitimate questions about FEMA, it just goes to show the importance and the need for a federal response on top of the state and local response. When you see a natural disaster like that, the state can’t do it alone, and it shouldn’t.
