The President has had to make these trips several times since becoming President as severe weather and fires have lashed the country from coast to coast…
President Biden flew to Kentucky on Wednesday to survey the damage wrought by a series of deadly tornadoes last weekend, reprising a role comforting disaster victims that has become a staple of his presidency and promising that the federal government would cover the full cost of emergency response efforts for the next month.
Mr. Biden walked the storms’ paths of destruction in a pair of communities in the southeastern corner of the state, past entire blocks of buildings leveled by the high winds. He hugged survivors and promised that his administration would partner in relief efforts until residents and business owners could fully rebuild, describing the devastation as “almost beyond belief.”
“I intend to do whatever it takes,” Mr. Biden said in brief remarks from an intersection in battered Dawson Springs, Ky., “as long as it takes, to support your state, your local leaders, as you recover and rebuild — because you will recover and you will rebuild.”…
image..Doug Mills/NY Times
These people will never vote for Biden anyway, and he will never carry Kentucky. Congrats for Biden to do what’s right over politics.
Can you imagine a President Ted Cruz bringing aid to a disaster in MA?
No….