"We go to a place like New Orleans, and everybody’s looking around saying, ‘Who’s going to help me? Yet, he was also one of 11 members of Congress to oppose a bill providing federal aid to Katrina victims in 2005. One prominent Republican who has not censured King is President Trump, who has also invoked Hurricane Katrina for his own political ends. Those allegations recall the fallout from Hurricane Katrina, which exposed stark racial inequities. Of those who survived, many fled New Orleans the year after the storm, including more than 175,000 black residents, according to FiveThirtyEight.

Source: Washington Post March 22, 2019 06:57 UTC