Vice President Kamala Harris was criticized on Saturday for a post in which she announced that the United States would “provide approximately $157 million in additional aid to the Lebanese people.”
in post At X, Harris said the $157 million in aid to the Lebanese people would go towards “necessities such as food, shelter, water, protection and sanitation.” Harris' post came a day after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken declared the U.S. would provide about $157 million in aid to the Lebanese people.
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“The Lebanese people face an increasingly dire humanitarian situation,” Harris wrote in the post. “I am concerned about the safety and well-being of suffering civilians in Lebanon and will continue to work to meet the needs of all civilians in Lebanon.”
Mr Harris continued:
To this end, the United States will provide approximately 100 million yen to the Lebanese population to provide necessities such as food, shelter, water, protection, and sanitation to assist those displaced by the recent conflict. It plans to provide an additional $57 million in support. This additional aid brings total U.S. aid to Lebanon to more than $385 million last year.
People took to social media to criticize Harris' tone-deaf posts as people in western North Carolina and other communities were still dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Helen.
“It is almost impossible at this point to take this comment as anything other than a deliberate act to publicly broadcast hatred and ridicule toward Appalachian Americans,” said William Wolfe, executive director of the Baptist Leadership Center. ” he wrote. post With X.
“Kamala touts her commitment to providing funding to the Lebanese people while taking a strong hold on the humanitarian crisis in North Carolina,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) wrote in an article. post “This is Katrina from Kamala.”
“Mrs. Vice President, please read the room,” Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) wrote in the article. post “Americans are in trouble, so we should take care of ourselves first.”
“Please tell me there's a town in North Carolina called Lebanon,” asked Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.). post.
“If we renamed Florida and North Carolina as Lebanon and Ukraine, Kamala Harris would probably send disaster relief sooner,” said Sen. Rick Scott (R-Florida). I wrote. “She made it clear that being American puts us at the bottom.”
Harris and Blinken's statement announcing millions of dollars in humanitarian aid to the people of Lebanon affected by the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah was made by the people of Asheville, North Carolina. The village of Chimney Rock, North Carolina, and other communities are affected by heavy rains and flooding from the hurricane.
Other areas in Georgia, southwestern Virginia, and eastern Tennessee were also affected by Hurricane Helen, causing power outages, mudslides in the mountains, massive flooding, and washed out roads.
On October 4, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) revealed It provided more than $45 million to Hurricane Helen relief efforts. Of that amount, more than $17 million went to people in North Carolina, more than $23 million went to people in Florida, more than $4.5 million went to people in South Carolina, and “more than $124,000” went to people in Virginia. was given to someone.
Harris' post comes after Samantha Power, the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), described how the agency, with “help” from Americans, is “working with Ukrainians to keep the lights on.” This was done after posting a video talking about “Iruka”. The heat continues. ”
