King was addressing a room of constituents in Iowa when he spoke about the devastating flooding that has been seen all across the Midwest, including in King’s state. While describing a visit he made to New Orleans shortly after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, King claimed that someone with the Federal Emergency Management Agency told him a story about the difference between people in Iowa and people in New Orleans. “They’re just always gratified when they come and see Iowans take care of each other, so that’s a point of pride that spreads across the country,” King said. Neither FEMA nor King’s office responded to a request for comment for this article. Meanwhile, for all the suffering inflicted by Katrina, there is ample evidence that people in Louisiana, and especially in New Orleans, took care of each other through the worst of it all, while the government response became notorious for its calamities.

Source: Huffington Post March 21, 2019 20:59 UTC