Where was Barack Obama during Hurricane Sandy?

In a shining example of why we can't have nice things, supporters of President Donald Trump (perhaps human, perhaps bots) are defending his handling of Hurricane Harvey by claiming that former President Barack Obama was golfing during Hurricane Katrina. read more

This shouldn't come as a surprise, but he was right on top of that. Hurricane Sandy made landfall on Oct. 29, 2012, just days before Obama was elected for his second term. read more

Rand actually had Obama's lead falling from 5.1pt just prior to Sandy, to 3.3pt in their final tracking poll. The full national polling also doesn't support universal movement to Obama after Sandy. Seven pollsters had Obama gaining no points, or actually losing a few, after Sandy. read more

But back to Sandy, a storm that destroyed beach towns up and down the coast of New Jersey, and parts of New York while Obama was president. Obama visited a handful of them and gave a speech in Asbury Park, New Jersey to residents and relief workers. read more