bots flood twitter to blame obama for hurricane katrina

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Defenders of President Donald Trump are inundating Twitter with caustic attacks on former President Barack Obama over the federal government’s response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 – three years and six months before Obama took office.

The posts appear to be responses to criticism of Trump’s visit to Texas on Tuesday in the wake of devastating flooding in Houston following Tropical Storm Harvey. Many claim that Obama was golfing when Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans in August 2005, killing 1,245 people across the Gulf Coast.

>fontaineaux @Lynchburged
>What was your response when Katrina hit and Obama was playing golf? At least Trump is prepared unlike your hero, Obama.

>— Joshua Goldsteen (@ GoldsteenJoshua) August 26, 2017
>u guys are so quick to criticize Trump. Where was Obama when Hurricane Katrina hit… o yeah, he was playing golf for 3 days!! … SAD!!

> Jorge @ JorgePo40586036
>Replying to @ CNNPolitics
>We have a better leader this time to tackle events of this magnitude. Obama was playing golf during Katrina

>Drain the Sewer @ USAPatriotSC
>Replying to @ Yellatk and 4 others
>When Katrina hit Obama played golf, Killery was not interested. Trump went and physically helped hand out >food & water. You're a fool. #MAGA

>Aaron Craig @ ACraig2031
>Everyone can agree that @ realDonaldTrump is responding to Hurricane #Harvey far better than Obama handled Hurricane Katrina. #HoustonFlood

Obama was first elected president in November 2008 and took office in January 2009. He won a second term in 2012 and stepped down in January when Trump took office. President George W. Bush, who was in office during Hurricane Katrina, faced widespread criticism for the federal response to the disaster.

Obama, who at the time was a U.S. senator from Illinois, met with Katrina evacuees in Houston.

http://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article170265837.html