House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) took aim Sunday at the The response of the Harris-Biden regime to the devastating Hurricane Helene, which devastated huge parts of the southeastern states of America.
“At the federal level, this was a massive failure. And you can just ask the local people. I was there. I was in Georgia. I was in Florida where Hurricane Helene made landfall on the coast. And then on Wednesday of this week we’ll be going to the hardest hit parts of North Carolina,” Johnson told Shannon Bream on “Fox News Sunday.”
The speaker said the government should have been better prepared knowing the hurricane was coming.
“They were informed about this more than a week in advance, and yet there are still people who have not been helped or even saved,” Johnson added. “In North Carolina, it is a heartbreaking, tragic and infuriating situation when the federal government fails, as it has already done.”
The remarks come as Republicans have stepped up their attacks on the federal response to Hurricane Helene, just a month before Election Day.
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REALLY?! THE MEDIA ASKED THESE QUESTIONS?!
The American people are fighting and have NO QUESTION about the following issues: recovery from Helene’s destruction, Kamala’s radical policies that are driving up the cost of gas and food, illegals pouring across our borders, wars… pic.twitter.com/yhPdl6uC4i
– Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) October 6, 2024
The American people are fighting and have NO QUESTION about the following issues: the recovery from Helene’s destruction, Kamala’s radical policies that are driving up the cost of gas and food, illegals pouring across our borders, wars around the world, or rising crime in our communities!
RedState’s Brandon Morse wondered if the response was due to incompetence – or design:
One thing we can conclude is that it is absolutely terrible. FEMA is a disaster because it is woefully underprepared for these events, having blown its budget supporting illegal immigrants at the border. But more than that, the government is actively trying to make it challenging or discouraging for ordinary citizens to aid, and while there are several reasons for this, the main reason is that they don’t want people coming to the government.
Last Wednesday, I directed Congress to provide FEMA with an additional $20 billion (available immediately) so that they now have operational resources to respond to Helene.
President Biden and Vice President Harris have failed terribly in this response. They knew this storm was coming, but they did… pic.twitter.com/jkxp5e6ofj
– Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) October 4, 2024
They knew this storm was coming, but they did not adequately prepare. It’s inexcusable! I have visited many of the affected communities in the affected states and they urgently need the full aid and support of this government. Once affected states are able to calculate their damages, Congress stands ready to provide additional disaster funding if needed.
One thing we do know is that the media response was completely different than when Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005. Back then, the press and its fawning celebrity sycophants called President Bush a racist and said he was a racist didn’t care about black people because his government’s initial response was considered lackluster. Now, with the death toll from Helene in the hundreds and an unknown number of people stranded in North Carolina and elsewhere, none of this hateful rhetoric is being heard from the corrupt press.
The government now seems to care more about development aid than its own population:
HOT TAKES: Blinken faces scrutiny next week after tone-deaf tweet amid Hurricane Helene crisis
Absolutely insane tone deafness to post this now. https://t.co/tOGjxch688
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) October 5, 2024
