Joe Biden and Kamala Harris finally made their way down to North Carolina and Georgia on Wednesday to survey the damage left by Hurricane Helene. With lives upended and communities in disarray, you might think they’d have something substantive to offer. But nope—Harris rolled out with a painfully small promise of $750 in relief payments. Just like Biden’s notorious $700 offer after the Maui fires, this is yet another pitiful drop in the bucket for people who have potentially lost everything.
Let’s put this into perspective: if your house got blown off the map, $750 might get you a few nights in a cheap hotel, maybe some food for the family, but it’s hardly going to help people rebuild their lives. And the kicker? You can apply for it online—assuming, of course, you have power, internet, and a functioning device. Good luck with that in the aftermath of a massive hurricane!
Kamala went to Georgia today and bragged about giving $750 in federal assistance to the hurricane victims — whose entire livelihoods have been completely destroyed.
Illegal aliens get free health care, shelter, and college, though! pic.twitter.com/vP9nqCwRNI
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) October 2, 2024
As expected, Harris’s tone-deaf statement didn’t sit well with many folks. People were quick to compare the meager sum to the truckloads of cash we’ve been shipping overseas, particularly to Ukraine, or the resources poured into providing services for illegal immigrants. But when it comes to American citizens who are literally weathering the storm? Apparently, $750 is all they get.
And then there’s Joe Biden, the absentee president who finally shuffled down to North Carolina. If you caught the footage of him taking his seat, you might have wondered if time slowed down just for him. As everyone around him moved at a normal pace, Biden looked like he was stuck in a low-speed loop. But hey, at least he was physically there.
Biden didn’t miss the chance to push his climate change agenda, though. It’s almost like his go-to playbook after every disaster—blame the weather on the so-called climate crisis and jab at anyone who doesn’t fall in line with his green agenda. Imagine Biden calling someone else braindead while his administration keeps peddling the same tired lines. Here’s a thought: how about focusing on helping the people in front of you instead of pushing the narrative?
Biden — the uniter-in-chief — says Americans “must be braindead” if they “deny” the hurricane damage is because of climate change pic.twitter.com/UnEUSx5vAJ
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) October 2, 2024
And it only got better (or worse, depending on how you look at it). Biden had the audacity to pat himself on the back for deploying SpaceX’s Starlink to assist with communications in the disaster zone. Conveniently, he left out the part where his own FCC pulled the plug on SpaceX’s rural broadband award. Had they not, Starlink could have been up and running long before the storm hit. Leave it to Elon Musk—and not the federal government—to step up and provide actual solutions.
Biden: I’ve also directed the development of Starlink satellites for victims of the hurricane.
In 2022, Biden’s FCC revoked a grant for Starlink that would have given access to it in 17 of the counties in North Carolina worst hit by the hurricane. pic.twitter.com/fc2gr8pN7W
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) October 2, 2024
Oh, and remember that $42 billion broadband initiative Biden and Harris love to brag about? It’s supposed to connect rural areas with better internet access. Guess how many connections they’ve made so far? Zilch. Trump, on the other hand, got in touch with Musk, who quickly deployed more systems to help those in need, with Ivanka Trump even lending a hand to make it happen.
We’re left asking the same question we’ve been asking for a while now: Is anyone actually in charge? Because it sure doesn’t seem like it. Biden’s response to the catastrophe was to casually mention that the storm victims are “very happy” and getting everything they need. Happy? Really? With communities devastated, the death toll climbing past 200, and hundreds still unaccounted for, Biden’s response was as disconnected from reality as it gets.
He and Kamala are a disaster.
Reporter: “What do the states in the storm zone need — after what you saw today?”
Biden: “Oh, storm zone? I didn’t know which storm you’re talking about”
Holy crappic.twitter.com/qdXRBzcr68
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 4, 2024
And if you’re holding out hope that FEMA is going to swoop in and save the day, think again. The agency has already admitted it’s low on relief funds, having funneled millions of dollars toward illegal immigrant aid. You’d think that helping U.S. citizens in the aftermath of a major natural disaster might take priority. Apparently not.
