Biden to address Hurricane Helen damage as Trump seeks to make storm a campaign issue
Good morning, readers of the US Politics Blog. Hurricane Helen, which crisscrossed the southern United States and caused massive destruction and dozens of deaths in North Carolina, Georgia, and other states, is expected to collide with the presidential election. donald trump He'll be speaking about the storm this afternoon in Valdosta, Georgia, and he'll no doubt be keeping voters in battleground states out of the election. kamala harris. The former president has already used hurricane damage as a weapon against Democrats. reportedly blame joe biden Going to sleep while the storm rages. Speaking at a rally in Pennsylvania yesterday, he also accused Harris of turning a blind eye to the destruction.
Biden is scheduled to speak at the White House at 10:30 a.m. ET on his administration's response to the storm, but Harris announced today that she is canceling her campaign in Las Vegas and will return to Washington, D.C., to address the storm at Fema headquarters. announced that they will be able to receive an explanation of the impact of . She is scheduled to arrive after 5 p.m.
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Harris has canceled campaign events in Las Vegas today so she can head to Fema headquarters in Washington DC for a briefing on the storm, a White House official said. She has also spoken to North Carolina’s governor Roy Cooper, a Democrat, and “contacted” Georgia and Florida’s Republican governors Brian Kemp and Ron DeSantis.
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“The vice-president intends to visit impacted communities as soon as it is possible without disrupting emergency response operations,” the official added.
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Donald Trump’s rally in Erie, Pennsylvania yesterday stretched for nearly two hours, and began with the former president accusing Joe Biden and Kamala Harris of failing to respond as Hurricane Helene struck the southeastern United States.
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“Biden is in Delaware sleeping right now in one of his many estates,” Trump said, before alleging Harris was “at fundraising events with her radical left lunatic donors, when big parts of our country have been devastated by that massive hurricane and are underwater, with many, many people dead.”
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Western North Carolina is currently under water.
Kamala is at a fundraiser in San Francisco.
Biden is once again sleeping at the beach.
America’s “leaders” are absent. pic.twitter.com/pV63bl7ENs
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) September 29, 2024
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Harris’s campaign has thus far held back on making similar statements about Trump, but did seize on his comments downplaying the link between worsening natural disasters and climate change:
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Trump in the deadly aftermath of Hurricane Helene: “[Climate change] It's one of the biggest scams in history.” pic.twitter.com/AW9mYeUjln
— Kamala Headquarters (@KamalaHQ) September 29, 2024
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Good morning, US politics blog readers. After churning across the southern US and causing massive destruction and dozens of deaths in North Carolina, Georgia and elsewhere, Hurricane Helene appears set to collide with the presidential campaign. Donald Trump will speak this afternoon in Valdosta, Georgia about the storm, undoubtedly with an eye on turning the swing state’s voters away from Kamala Harris. The former president has already made the hurricane’s destruction into an attack line on the Democrats, reportedly accusing Joe Biden of “sleeping” as the storm raged. Speaking at a rally in Pennsylvania yesterday he also accused Harris of turning a blind eye to the destruction.
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Biden plans to speak from the White House at 10.30am ET about his administration’s response to the storm, while Harris has announced the cancellation of campaign events in Las Vegas today so she can return to Washington DC and be briefed on the storm’s impact at Fema headquarters. She’ll arrive just after 5pm.
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President Donald Trump may dismiss this as a “fraud,” but the Federal Emergency Management Agency believes the climate crisis made Hurricane Helen even worse, reports Edward Helmore in the Guardian. .
The head of the U.S. Disaster Relief Agency said Hurricane Helen, which killed nearly 100 people, caused “significant infrastructure damage” and was a “true multi-state event” made worse by global warming. Ta.
The storm killed at least 91 people, according to state and local officials in South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia. Authorities feared more bodies would be discovered.
“Recovery is going to be very complex in each of our five states: Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee,” said Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) Director Deanne Criswell.
He noted that Helen made landfall late Thursday as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 140 mph (225 kph), with a 15-foot storm surge hitting Taylor County, Florida, and areas in western North Carolina. He noted that search and rescue operations are continuing. , recorded 29 inches (74 centimeters) of rain as the storm stalled over the area.
“This is a historic flood in North Carolina.” Criswell spoke on CBS' “Face the Nation.” on sunday. “No one can be completely prepared for the scale of the floods and landslides we are experiencing.”
Prime Minister Harris intends to visit areas affected by Hurricane Helen 'as soon as possible'
in spite of donald trumpThe White House issues a statement to the contrary kamala harris While campaigning on the West Coast over the weekend, I was briefed on the effects of Hurricane Helen.
White House officials said Harris canceled a campaign event in Las Vegas today so she could head to Fema headquarters in Washington, D.C., to be briefed on the storm. She also spoke to the governor of North Carolina. roy coopera Democrat, “reached out” to the Republican governors of Georgia and Florida. brian kemp and Ron DeSantis.
“The Vice President intends to visit affected communities as soon as possible without disrupting emergency response operations,” the official added.
President Trump attacks Biden and Harris over Helen's reaction during long rally in Pennsylvania
donald trumpYesterday's rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, dragged on. almost 2 hoursIt started with the former president's accusation. joe biden and kamala harris Regarding the failure to respond when Hurricane Helen struck the southeastern United States.
President Trump said, “Mr. Biden is sleeping in one of his many mansions in Delaware right now,'' and “Mr. and attended fundraising events with her radical left-wing crazy donors.” , so many people died. ”
Here's the moment:
Western North Carolina is currently underwater.
Kamala is participating in a fundraiser in San Francisco.
Biden is sleeping on the beach again.
America's “leaders” are absent. pic.twitter.com/pV63bl7ENs
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) September 29, 2024
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Western North Carolina is currently underwater.
Kamala is participating in a fundraiser in San Francisco.
Biden is sleeping on the beach again.
America's “leaders” are absent. pic.twitter.com/pV63bl7ENs
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) September 29, 2024
Harris' campaign has refrained from making similar comments about Trump in the past, but it seized on her comments downplaying the link between worsening natural disasters and climate change.
President Trump in response to the devastating damage caused by Hurricane Helen:[Climate change] It's one of the biggest scams in history.” pic.twitter.com/AW9mYeUjln
— Kamala Headquarters (@KamalaHQ) September 29, 2024
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Biden to address Hurricane Helen damage as Trump seeks to make storm a campaign issue
Good morning, readers of the US Politics Blog. Hurricane Helen, which crisscrossed the southern United States and caused massive destruction and dozens of deaths in North Carolina, Georgia, and other states, is expected to collide with the presidential election. donald trump He will be speaking about the storm this afternoon in Valdosta, Georgia, and will no doubt be keeping voters in battleground states out of the election. kamala harris. The former president has already used hurricane damage as a weapon against Democrats. reportedly blame joe biden Going to sleep while the storm rages. Speaking at a rally in Pennsylvania yesterday, he also accused Harris of turning a blind eye to the destruction.
Biden is scheduled to speak at the White House at 10:30 a.m. ET on his administration's response to the storm, but Harris announced today that she is canceling her campaign in Las Vegas and will return to Washington, D.C., to address the storm at Fema headquarters. announced that they would be able to receive an explanation of the impact of . She is scheduled to arrive after 5 p.m.
Here's what else is happening today:
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HarrisA new poll commissioned by the Guardian has found that President Donald Trump's economic policies are more popular with voters than theirs. The vice president revealed his plans in a major speech last week.
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vice presidential debate between JD Vance and tim waltz The debate is scheduled for tomorrow evening, with both candidates currently preparing for the final debate scheduled before the election.
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Israel It may or may not be on the verge of launching a ground invasion of Lebanon. We have a live blog covering this crisis that you can read here.
