Is Landry basically saying in friendlier tone what rep Steve King of Iowa said about NOLA?

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Iowa Rep. Steve King said in a town hall this week that victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans only ever asked for help after flooding, unlike Iowans affected by recent severe flooding, who he said "take care of each other." The comment drew criticism from Louisiana officials who pointed out King's history of racially inflammatory remarks.

During the town hall in Charter Oak, Iowa, which was first reported by HuffPost, King described a visit to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, and said that a Federal Emergency Management Agency official compared disaster responses from New Orleans victims to Iowans.

"I saw that from the air and from the ground and went back and did what we could to help those folks down there," King said of his visit New Orleans. "But here's what FEMA tells me: 'We go to a place like New Orleans and everybody's looking around saying, who's gonna help me, who's gonna help me?'"

He claimed that the FEMA official praised Iowans for taking care of their own problems and helping each other after a disaster.

"They're 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 in the video, which is posted on his Facebook page.

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