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Did Romney actually tell people not to evacuate? I know he said FEM was "immoral" Like to know (Original Post) diabeticman Oct 2012 OP
What brucefan Oct 2012 #1
I got a couple friends who tweeted me that Romney told people not to follow orders to leave. diabeticman Oct 2012 #3
There's a quote from him floating around justiceischeap Oct 2012 #2
i am in Louisiana AND drthais Oct 2012 #8
Not that I know of n/t Lucinda Oct 2012 #4
This thread will explain it: pinboy3niner Oct 2012 #5
No. It was a joke post here on DU. nt Honeycombe8 Oct 2012 #6
Thanks. I should have known but my friends are die hard Romney fans so they love saying things diabeticman Oct 2012 #7

justiceischeap

(14,040 posts)
2. There's a quote from him floating around
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 07:43 PM
Oct 2012

where he told a flood victim to call 211.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/01/mitt-romney-211_n_1848432.html

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney launched the final leg of his quest for the White House by visiting storm-battered Louisiana on Friday. He drove through a town that was flooded by Hurricane Isaac in part because it's still outside the vast flooding protection system built with federal funds after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans.

Romney and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) spent close to an hour meeting with first responders and local officials. Romney shook hands with National Guardsmen outside the U.S. Post Office and talked with a local resident, Jodie Chiarello, 42, who lost her home in Isaac's flooding.

Chiarello said she told Romney, "I lost everything" and that the presidential contender advised her on how to get assistance. "He said that he was going to do the best that he could for us," she said.

"He just told me to, um, there's assistance out there," Chiarello said of her conversation with Romney. "He said, go home and call 211." That's a public service number offered in many states.

drthais

(870 posts)
8. i am in Louisiana AND
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 08:46 PM
Oct 2012

this is a true story...
it was after Hurricane Isaac a couple of months ago...
people in LaPlace (right next to New Orleans)
had been flooded out...in an area which has NEVER flooded before
he told some poor person to 'go home and call 211'
yeah, right.
like they HAD a home, or HAD a phone.

diabeticman

(3,121 posts)
7. Thanks. I should have known but my friends are die hard Romney fans so they love saying things
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 08:11 PM
Oct 2012

Romney said. This seems odd for them. I wanted to make sure It wasn't true.

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