Western North Carolina and other areas of Appalachia have been devastated by flooding, with more than 1,000 people reported missing. President Donald Trump headed to the area to provide aid and draw attention to the residents' plight — something the national media is hardly doing, It is quite a contrast to Hurricane Katrina, which crippled the Bush Presidency and became an excuse for the media to berate whites about racism. However, when white people are most of the victims, it seems that silence (at best) is the rule.
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