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GOP Senator Brands Harry Reid an ‘Idiot’ for Comparing Hurricane Sandy Victims to Katrina Ones

Jan. 7, 2013 3:08pm Erica Ritz

Louisiana Senator David Vitter Calls Harry Reid an Idiot for Calling Katrina Nothing in Comparison to Sandy

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. , retreats to a closed-door meeting with fellow Democrats as he and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. , work to negotiate a legislative path to avoid the so-called “fiscal cliff,” at the Capitol in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. (Photo: AP)

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) “again revealed himself to be an idiot” after belittling the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in an effort to secure a relief package for Superstorm Sandy, Louisiana Senator David Vitter (R) tweeted Monday.

On Friday, Reid lamented how long it has taken the federal government to provide relief for Sandy victims. To emphasize his point, Reid claimed:

“The people of New Orleans and that area, they were hurt but nothing in comparison to what happened to the people in New York and New Jersey. Almost 1 million people have lost their homes; 1 million people lost their homes. That is homes, that is not people in those homes. So I think it is just unfortunate that we do not have the relief for New York and New Jersey and the rest already. It has to be done. We have to meet the needs of the American people when an act of God occurs.” [Emphasis added]

Here’s the video:

(Photo: Twitter/@DavidVitter)

A statement from Senator Vitter’s office elaborates on his critical tweet:

Both Katrina and Sandy were horribly destructive storms that caused real human misery. And by most any measure, Katrina was our worst natural disaster in history…

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina caused 1,833 deaths and over $108 billion in damage. Hurricane Sandy has caused 131 deaths and $65 billion in damage. These numbers are according to the National Hurricane Center.

Residents wait on a rooftop to be rescued from the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina, in this Sept. 1, 2005, file photo, in New Orleans. (AP / David J. Phillip)

The House passed a $9.7 billion aid package on Friday which, according to various reports, was filled with unneccessary “pork.” Regardless, the Senate passed it with unanimous consent shortly thereafter. According to NBC News, the House is expected to consider another $51 billion aid package after returning from recess on January 15.

Meanwhile, a spokesman for Harry Reid has attempted to backtrack on the senator’s previous comments.

Apparently, Reid was only trying to talk about the “economic impact in a more dense metropolitan area.”

“Of course, he wasn’t in any way underplaying what happened with Katrina in terms of tragic loss of life,” the spokesman emphasized.

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Comments (56)

HI_Don
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 6:30pm
Add that to the history books. Harry Reid officially put all dispute aside. George Bush did a great job helping Katrina victims, and Obama has sucked completely as a failure for not caring and not doing anything to help those suffering from Sandy. Yep – days reaction for Katrina- and months of non-action for Sandy. Let the record show.

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- dmerwin
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 10:25pm
  So now our elected officials have finally divined Harry’s true intellect!
  
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- Maji
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 12:59am
  An “Idiot”????
  He must have gotten smarter over the summer!!
  
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ltb
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 6:07pm
“GOP Senator Brands Harry Reid an ‘Idiot’ for Comparing Hurricane Sandy Victims to Katrina Ones”

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Like that’s the only reason Harry Reid is an idiot.

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- Skan
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 8:38am
  Do you know who we can blame for this idiot still hanging around? The Nevada Republican Party!! They backed a weak candidate–Sharon Engle instead of a strong one. We lost senate elections all over the country because of the stupid candidates of the Republican party. Pennsylvania is another one–Tom Sm,ith, who couldn’t put a coherent sentence together in the debates against Bob Casey. We’re screwed. The 2012 race was about the Senate and we lost–big time.
  
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coyote1hell
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 5:31pm
Hairy-little-Reed, is a prime example of what is wrong on capitol hill…..they are almost all nut jobs….

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Deejoy
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 5:26pm
Harry Reid and his ilk are constantly demeaning the southeast states. Look at Katrina and look at the BP oil spill – nothing but lies.

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elosogrande
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 4:47pm
Vitter, and anyone else who pays attention, could not help coming to this conclusion. What took him so long?

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- cessna152
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 4:53pm
  Okay, let me get this straight:
  Katrina=Bush’s fault….a racist.
  Sandy=White Congress’ fault=racist.
  
  Am I missing something here?
  
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republic2011
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 4:45pm
Harry Ried is not so much an idiot as he is a talented liar. Just watch this video, and you’ll see that the truth matters little to anyone like him. He supplies whatever facts he can concoct to get what he wants. The hell with the truth… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7mRSI8yWwg

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- charles116
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 6:47pm
  Harry Reid doesn’t cheat on his wife with hookers to get diapered.
  If I was Vitter, I’d keep my mouth AND LEGS shut.
  
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- Al Gator
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 7:10pm
  Yo, chucky 116,
  
  Harry “Land Deal” Reid doesn’t have time for hookers. He’s way too busy with his land deal graft and corruption.
  
  Takes a lot of concentration to stay ahead of the mob, doncha know.
  
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The_Woofster
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 4:24pm
Just an “idiot”? That’s too kind.

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doglady
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 4:22pm
If it weren’t for the big unions and people being bused in to vote for him Harry would be gone. He is an idiot and an embarrassment.

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mcsledge
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 3:52pm
Reid should have been voted out long ago. That doesn’t speak well for the people of Nevada. I don’t know why they keep voting this traitor into office.

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- DEFCON4
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 4:02pm
  Public-secter unions led the ‘way’.
  Democratic ‘voting-machine’ did the rest…..
  
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- Couyon64
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 4:03pm
  he’s a mob puppet. Whoever obeys in Vegas stays in Vegas.
  
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SocialistSlayer
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 3:50pm
Harry Reid – You Sir are not an Idiot – You Sir are a Communist Idiot !

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- k9tp
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 5:18pm
  You should not call him sir, he doesn’t rate it…Other than that I agree..
  
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IndyGuy
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 3:47pm
I shall refrain…This headline is just too easy…

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Locked
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 3:41pm
I feel like Reid and Biden are competing for the worst gaffes these days…

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BlackCrow
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 3:37pm
Sandy was big storm but as hurricanes go it was barley a cat 1. Katrena was a cat 3 when it came aground and cat 2 by arrival in New Orleans. If New York City was hit by a good cat 3 or 4 storm they would need to move two thirds of the population out on a long term basis just like they did in New Orleans after Katrena. That would probably be a good thing flush the toilet.

As for Harry Reid he’s from Las Vegas. A summer thunder storm in Texas would wash Las Vegas into Lake Mead. I was in Vegas once when they got little thunder storm and half the town was knee deep. He’s a demented idiot, but we knew that.

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- wowjustwow
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 4:59pm
  Flush the toilet?? You’re a miserable excuse for a person. These are people. Where do you live and what is your i.q.?
  
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wes60
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 3:34pm
To be redundant—–reiid is an IDIOT

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thibx
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 3:29pm
this idiot reid who would not answer questions concerning the past 4 years budget failure but now ever time he can stick his slimy nose on tv he does. he is one of this country problem, we need to use a drone on the capitol and wh.

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- Fecal_Matters
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 3:39pm
  Wow…I don’t know…ummm why it took anyone that long. The guy is a total Moron!
  
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RightUnite
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 3:27pm
That old fool has to be totally brain dead to actually compare the two….

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- FstEti
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 3:36pm
  He pales in comparison to the morons that reelected him. I mean, really?
  
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ArmedAndReallyPissed
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 3:27pm
Would you like Bread n Butter with your Pork ?

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ArmedAndReallyPissed
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 3:25pm
Government

GOP Senator Brands Harry Reid an ‘Idiot’ for Comparing Hurricane Sandy Victims to Katrina Ones…..

It took two Storms / Hurricanes to make them realize this ???????????

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PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 3:24pm
I recently learned that idiot is a biblical term it is from the word idios meaning: their own interpretation.

I believe most in the house and the senate are running on idios instead of the Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Idios all of you!! You are still putting self-serving PORK in every bill that will pass. Idios!

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Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 3:24pm
Harry Reid was branded an “Idiot” a long time ago.

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- charles116
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 6:48pm
  I guess Vitter must be a bed wetter.
  
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pap pap
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 3:21pm
I think Harry is an a-hole and can’t wait until his constituants can see that and boot him out but Katrina affected 300,000 people and Sandy affected 6 million so there is something to what he said in terms of misery.

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- jackal
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 3:36pm
  Yep that’s the way I see only New Orleans got hit us here along the Ms Gulf Coast and Mobile(got more surge than Fredrick) did not take the dirty side of the storm?and 30′ of water??You could probably add atleast 200-300K on top of New Orleans pop. and plus more 100 miles plus inland.Still not the impact the NE took pop wise.I will say though that parts of New Jersey and New York along the coastline look a Cat Two hit with 15′ surge.
  
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bdandsl
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 3:19pm
I second that!

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rightwingwacko
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 3:16pm
Harry may be an idiot, but what does that say about everybody that keeps voting for him?

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- JonSigMan
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 3:21pm
  Yep, you nailed it…
  
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- Smokey_Bojangles
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 3:24pm
  I do not think he really gets that many votes. I think it is rigged.
  
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- wes60
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 3:37pm
  Idiots
  
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- FstEti
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 3:40pm
  Sorry, RIGHTWING, I replied to a prior comment before scrolling down, but you’re 100% correct; the real idiots are the ones that reelected him. And they’ll do it AGAIN if he chooses to run. Don’t EVEN get me started on the moronic current resident in the White House.
  
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- encinom
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 3:45pm
  I am surprised that Vitter has time inbetween hookers to tweet.
  
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- CloudNine
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 9:13pm
  @ Encinom –
  Enema (aka Encinom) is offering “it’s” wisdom on the topic for today! I am always amazed at how your comments reflect such little intellectual capacity. Is it hard to breathe with your head up your “arse”? For those of you unfamiliar with this quack, ignore “it”. There’s never a relevant thought, comment or statement from Encinom’s input! Hey “Enema”, you still have that Rod Serling “Fathead” on your wall?
  
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progressiveslayer
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 3:13pm
Reid can be branded an idiot for many many reasons,I know he used to box as a young man maybe that’s his problem,a little punch drunk.

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- naughtycal
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 3:17pm
  Reid branded himself an idiot the moment he supported the bigger idiot in the White house. Fact is I”ll never join the NRA because they backed Reid.
  
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- ArmedAndReallyPissed
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 3:39pm
  SLAYER : Your much too kind my Friend. Much too kind.
  
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- stopprintn
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 3:46pm
  @Naughtycal I think that was a little leverage, just in case the Dems were to go after guns.
  
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- Displacedsoutherner
  Posted on January 7, 2013 at 3:58pm
  Hard to imagine Reid boxing, I can only envision him smacking his opponent with limp wristed slaps and running away crying “Foul” if his opponent took a swing at him.
  
  What a waste of oxygen.
  
  If the Sandy relief bill is such a vital spending extravaganza why doesn’t 85% of the spending kick in until 2014? Could it be that 2014 is a mid-term election year and the dullards who vote for the Dems can’t remember anything that happened more than a couple of days ago? Much more productive to hand out money the week before the election.
  
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Fubared
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 3:11pm
Dingy Harry was an idiot before this idiotic statement. This just reconfirms it.

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