Quote:House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) took aim Sunday at the Harris-Biden regime’s response to the devastating Hurricane Helene, which ravaged vast swathes of America’s southeastern states.

“At the federal level, this has been a massive failure. And you can just ask the people there on the ground. I have been there. I was in Georgia. I was in Florida, where Hurricane Helene made landfall, there on the coast. And then we’ll be going to the hardest hit parts of North Carolina on Wednesday of this week,” Johnson told Shannon Bream on “Fox News Sunday.”

The speaker said that the administration should have been better prepared, seeing as they knew the hurricane was coming.

“They had more than a week’s notice of this, and yet we still have people who have not been served and even rescued,” Johnson added. “In North Carolina, it is a heartbreaking, tragic and infuriating situation to have the federal government fail, as they have well.”

The remarks come as Republicans have sharpened their attacks on the federal response to Hurricane Helene, just one month ahead of Election Day.

The American people are struggling and NOT ONE QUESTION about: recovering from Helene’s destruction, Kamala’s radical policies driving up the skyrocketing cost of gas and groceries, illegals pouring across our borders, wars around the world, or rising crime in our communities!

RedState’s Brandon Morse wondered whether the response was caused by incompetence—or by design:

One thing we can conclude is that it is entirely horrible. FEMA is a disaster because it's wildly under-prepared for these events, thanks to the fact that it blew its budget on supporting illegal aliens at the border. But more than that, the government is actively attempting to complicate or halt normal citizens from helping, and while there are several reasons for this, the main reason is they don't want the people showing up the government.

They knew this storm was coming but did not adequately prepare. It is inexcusable! I’ve visited many of the impacted communities in the affected states, and they desperately need the full aid and support of this Administration. Once the affected states are able to calculate their damages, Congress is fully prepared to provide additional disaster funds as needed.

One thing we do know: the media response has been completely different than when Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005. Back then, the press and their lapdog celebrity sycophants called President Bush racist and said he didn’t care about black people because his administration’s initial response was deemed lackluster. Now, as the death toll from Helene reaches into the hundreds, and an unknown number of people are stranded in North Carolina and elsewhere, you see none of that kind of hateful rhetoric emanating from the corrupt press.

Meanwhile, the administration seems more concerned with foreign aid than it does its own people:

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The Democrat media doesn't want their cult to know that a hurricane hit. They don't report it.

This administration is criminal. Really and truly criminal. They are not faith to our nation. They are criminal. They are negligent. They are unpatriotic.

I'll give them some slack for the same reason that I gave Trump slack on Maria and later on COVID. We do not have a standing disaster response capability in the USA. FEMA is the federal emergency MANAGEMENT administration, not the federal emergency RESPONSE administration. That means that response is done ad hoc, primarily by whoever shows up, and there is no organization or planning before the fact. All FEMA really does is pay bills, or reimburse bills paid by others.

My proposed solution has been to repurpose the National Guard to a civil defense/emergency response organization. Transfer its combat arms to the army/air force reserve, and replace the tanks and artillery parked at National Guard armories with backhoes and bucket trucks. Then begin intensive training including at least one major annual exercise.

(10-06-2024 01:03 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  

Quote:House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) took aim Sunday at the Harris-Biden regime’s response to the devastating Hurricane Helene, which ravaged vast swathes of America’s southeastern states.

“At the federal level, this has been a massive failure. And you can just ask the people there on the ground. I have been there. I was in Georgia. I was in Florida, where Hurricane Helene made landfall, there on the coast. And then we’ll be going to the hardest hit parts of North Carolina on Wednesday of this week,” Johnson told Shannon Bream on “Fox News Sunday.”

The speaker said that the administration should have been better prepared, seeing as they knew the hurricane was coming.

“They had more than a week’s notice of this, and yet we still have people who have not been served and even rescued,” Johnson added. “In North Carolina, it is a heartbreaking, tragic and infuriating situation to have the federal government fail, as they have well.”

The remarks come as Republicans have sharpened their attacks on the federal response to Hurricane Helene, just one month ahead of Election Day.

The American people are struggling and NOT ONE QUESTION about: recovering from Helene’s destruction, Kamala’s radical policies driving up the skyrocketing cost of gas and groceries, illegals pouring across our borders, wars around the world, or rising crime in our communities!

RedState’s Brandon Morse wondered whether the response was caused by incompetence—or by design:

One thing we can conclude is that it is entirely horrible. FEMA is a disaster because it's wildly under-prepared for these events, thanks to the fact that it blew its budget on supporting illegal aliens at the border. But more than that, the government is actively attempting to complicate or halt normal citizens from helping, and while there are several reasons for this, the main reason is they don't want the people showing up the government.

They knew this storm was coming but did not adequately prepare. It is inexcusable! I’ve visited many of the impacted communities in the affected states, and they desperately need the full aid and support of this Administration. Once the affected states are able to calculate their damages, Congress is fully prepared to provide additional disaster funds as needed.

One thing we do know: the media response has been completely different than when Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005. Back then, the press and their lapdog celebrity sycophants called President Bush racist and said he didn’t care about black people because his administration’s initial response was deemed lackluster. Now, as the death toll from Helene reaches into the hundreds, and an unknown number of people are stranded in North Carolina and elsewhere, you see none of that kind of hateful rhetoric emanating from the corrupt press.

Meanwhile, the administration seems more concerned with foreign aid than it does its own people:

Link

I disagree with FOX News Bill Melugin.

This is not "tone deafness".

The Biden*/Harris Administration announcing the $157m in aid to Lebanon is DELIBERATELY twisting the knife in the backs of Hurricane Helene impacted NC citizens.

The Biden*/Harris Administration is CHOOSING to extend the suffering of NC citizens in Appalachia. This is a targeted focus of DENYING US citizens in absolute need of support.

The citizens of NC deserve support but must TOLERATE the designed slow federal govt support.

(10-06-2024 01:23 PM)No Bull Wrote:  This administration is criminal. Really and truly criminal. They are not faith to our nation. They are criminal. They are negligent. They are unpatriotic.

Could not agree more

(10-06-2024 01:23 PM)No Bull Wrote:  This administration is criminal. Really and truly criminal. They are not faith to our nation. They are criminal. They are negligent. They are unpatriotic.

The same thing is true about their supporters who vote for them.