troy carter is a local senator and a member of the famous zulu krewe, who parade on fat tuesday, the ent in the mardi gras calendar. zulu kicks off mardi gras rolling at 7:00am, and then every other parade follows zulu. i've got my makeup on, and my wig, and my grass skirt. and when you turn onjackson avenue, if it's raining, if you're hungry, if you're tired... that is all exchanged with a euphoria that you would never, ever, ever believe. when you'd see the oceans of people, you get a burst of adrenaline that carries you for the next five hours. this is the real music, you know? this is the real thing. and it's really what many forms of music try to imitate, that realness. i mean, that's real heart of new orleans music. it hits you, and it's real. trump: you may ask. about the coronavirus, which is very well under control in our country. we have very few people with it and the people are getting better. they're all getting better. there was no sense in new orleans that there was anything serious that was happening. we had the whole mardi gras season and there was never a single ment

troy carter is a local senator and a member of the famous zulu krewe, who parade on fat tuesday, the 're tired... that is all exchanged with a euphoria that you would never, ever, ever believe. when you'd see the oceans of people, you get a burst of adrenaline that carries you for the next five hours. this is the real music, you know? this is the real thing. and it's really what many forms of music try to imitate, that realness. i mean, that's real heart of new orleans music. it hits you, and it's real. trump: you may ask. about the coronavirus, which is very well under control in our country. we have very few people with it and the people are getting better. they're all getting better. there was no sense in new orleans that there was anything serious that was happening. we had the whole mardi gras season and there was never a single mention that there was a pandemic. maybe we had heard whispers that there was something going on somewhere else. it was something that was going on in italy at that point. bethany boltman's charity provides free healthcare to 2,600 musicians in new orlean