--- title: Donald Trump To Visit Louisiana Flood Areas with Mike Pence description: Donald Trump and his running mate Mike Pence plan to tour flooded areas in Louisiana on Friday. canonical: https://time.com/4458832/donald-trump-louisiana-flooding/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-19T11:31:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T00:05:19.281Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump To Visit Louisiana Flood Areas with Mike Pence og:description: Donald Trump and his running mate Mike Pence plan to tour flooded areas in Louisiana on Friday. og:url: https://time.com/4458832/donald-trump-louisiana-flooding/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc3824f4a708ed3cb/6988a2e5524fc024f0df934d/donald-trump12.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Donald Trump Holds Campaign Rally In Charlotte, NC og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump To Visit Louisiana Flood Areas with Mike Pence twitter:description: Donald Trump and his running mate Mike Pence plan to tour flooded areas in Louisiana on Friday. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc3824f4a708ed3cb/6988a2e5524fc024f0df934d/donald-trump12.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump To Visit Louisiana Areas Hit by Flooding  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Aug 19, 2016 11:31 AM UTC  Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a rally at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, NC, Aug. 18, 2016. Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a rally at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, NC, Aug. 18, 2016.Brian Blanco—Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Aug 19, 2016 11:31 AM UTC Donald Trump and his running mate Mike Pence plan to tour [flooded areas in Louisiana](http://time.com/4452143/louisiana-flooding-drone/?iid=sr-link1) on Friday. Details of the trip have not been publicly released, and Trump’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Richard Carbo, a spokesman for the Louisiana governor’s office, [told CBS](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-plans-to-tour-flood-damage-in-louisiana/) on Thursday that they had not been contacted about the Republican nominee’s trip. Carbo said he welcomed Trump to the state, “but not for a photo-op,” and that he should “consider volunteering or making a sizable donation to the LA Flood Relief Fund to help the victims of this storm.” Trump opened his [speech in North Carolina](http://time.com/4458529/donald-trump-regrets-north-carolina/?xid=tcoshare) Thursday night with words for Louisiana, “a state that is very special to me,” he said. “When one state hurts, we all hurt – and we must all work together to lift each other up,” Trump continued. “Our prayers are with the families who have lost loved ones, and we send them our deepest condolences. Though words cannot express the sadness one feels at times like this, I hope everyone in Louisiana knows that our country is praying for them and standing with them to help them in these difficult hours.” **Read More:** [Donald Trump Says He ‘Regrets’ Some Past Remarks](http://time.com/4458529/donald-trump-regrets-north-carolina/?xid=tcoshare) On Friday morning, Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas who ran against Trump in the primary, criticized President Barack Obama for not visiting the state himself. “It’s a dereliction of duty,” Huckabee said on Fox Business’ _Mornings with Maria,_ [Politico reports](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/mike-huckabee-obama-louisiana-flooding-227188). Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson visited Louisiana on Thursday. At least 13 people are dead and tens of thousands more displaced after 48 hours of rain devastated southern Louisiana. The Red Cross has said it is the worst natural disaster to hit the United States since Hurricane Sandy four years ago, [CNN reports](http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/18/us/louisiana-flooding/). \[[_CBS News_](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-plans-to-tour-flood-damage-in-louisiana/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4458832/donald-trump-louisiana-flooding/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4458832/donald-trump-louisiana-flooding/"},"headline":"Donald Trump To Visit Louisiana Areas Hit by Flooding","datePublished":"2016-08-19T11:31:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:05:19.281Z","description":"Alongside his running mate Mike Pence","url":"https://time.com/4458832/donald-trump-louisiana-flooding/","keywords":["Donald Trump","Louisiana"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc3824f4a708ed3cb/6988a2e5524fc024f0df934d/donald-trump12.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc3824f4a708ed3cb/6988a2e5524fc024f0df934d/donald-trump12.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump Holds Campaign Rally In Charlotte, NC","caption":"Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a rally at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, NC, Aug. 18, 2016.","creditText":"Brian Blanco—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4458832/donald-trump-louisiana-flooding/","name":"Donald Trump To Visit Louisiana Areas Hit by Flooding"}}]}] ```