In 2011, Oklahoma Sens. Tom Coburn and James Inhofe tried to cut FEMA's budget, and, when the emergency agency temporarily ran out of money, Coburn voted not to refund it. Then, in 2013, both guys voted "no" on the Sandy package.

But when their own state got hit by killer tornadoes later that year, they begged for federal aid. Coburn declared: "As the ranking member of the committee that oversees FEMA, I can assure Oklahomans that any and all available aid will be delivered without delay."

Then we have South Carolina. This one is a classic.

None of the senators or congressmen voted for the 2013 Sandy recovery package. Then-Rep. Mick Mulvaney -- who now serves as Trump's budget director -- even insisted that if the federal government sent aid to New Jersey, there should be corresponding cuts elsewhere in the federal budget.

But in 2015, when South Carolina was flooded by a killer storm, Mulvaney suddenly felt differently. He insisted that his state's relief money didn't need to be offset by budget cuts elsewhere: "There will be a time for a discussion about aid and how to pay for it, but that time is not now."