May called 'coward' by angry crowd after pledging fire aid Robert Hutton, Alex Morales and Caroline Alexander, Bloomberg Washington Post News Service Jun 16, 2017 Jun 16, 2017 Updated Mar 19, 2019 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save May called 'coward' by angry crowd after pledging fire aidkAm!C:>6 |:?:DE6C %96C6D2 |2J H2D 8C66E65 3J 2?8CJ 4C@H5D D9@FE:?8 Q4@H2C5Q 27E6C D96 AC@>:D65 DFAA@CE 7@C G:4E:>D @7 2 7:C6 :? 2 {@?5@? E@H6C 3=@4< E92E 4=2:>65 2E =62DE b_ =:G6D]k^AmkAmp7E6C EH@ 52JD :? H9:49 96C 8@G6C?>6?E 92D DECF88=65 E@ C6DA@?5 E@ E96 56G2DE2E:?8 7:C6 2E vC6?76== %@H6C[ H6DE {@?5@?[ |2J >6E DFCG:G@CD AC:G2E6=J @? uC:52J 2?5 AC@>:D65 2 D6C:6D @7 2:5 >62DFC6D[ :?4=F5:?8 Se]c >:==:@? Wd >:==:@? A@F?5DX 7@C 6>6C86?4J 4@DED 2?5 2 AC@>:D6 E@ 7:?5 9@>6D ?62C3J H:E9:? E9C66 H66<D] %96JV== 2=D@ 36 4@?DF=E65 @? 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