Look who’s squawking now!
Actress Kirstie Alley star set off what she called a Twitter "firestorm" on Friday after she challenged Obama's reasoning for not visiting the flood-ravaged state of Louisiana sooner.
"On a golf course in Martha's Vineyard instead of in Louisiana?," she tweeted, along with a Fox News video flashback of Obama criticizing President Bush in 2008 for his response to Hurricane Katrina.
After a Twitter user responded to the “Look Who’s Talking Now!” star saying that Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards had asked Obama to wait, the actress responded that the request "wouldn't stop me."
Alley — who endorsed Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump back in April — entered a heated back-and-forth with social media users, where she voiced her opinion that Obama should have "slipped in" to the state or done an "on-air plea."
"Do you really think POTUS can 'slip into' a city????? You're smarter than that," one Twitter user responded.
Trump visited the state on Friday and Obama is scheduled to arrive next week.
Flooding in Louisiana has been labeled as the worst U.S. disaster since Hurricane Sandy, killing at least 13 people and damaging more than 40,000, according to the Red Cross.
More than 6.9 trillion gallons of rain pummeled the state between Aug. 8 and Aug. 14. Emergency personnel have rescued an estimated 30,000 residents thus far.
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