Vance Rips Harris-Biden for Aiding Illegals Over Hurricane Victims
Republican Vice Presidential nominee JD Vance penned a scathing op-ed Tuesday calling out the “incompetent” Biden-Harris response to Hurricane Helene. Vance–whose comments were published in the Wall Street Journal–accused the President and Vice President of playing politics with American lives and prioritizing illegal aliens over lawful citizens.
“The Biden-Harris response to Hurricane Helene … has the people of the Southeast and especially Appalachia paying an extraordinary price for the administration’s incompetence,” Vance said.
“Shortly after Helene made landfall in the U.S. on Sept. 26, Joe Biden was at his house in Rehoboth Beach, Del. Vice President Kamala Harris was flying between ritzy California fundraisers, hobnobbing with celebrities. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was in Los Angeles, presiding over an awards ceremony. Before the storm, Ms. Harris had blown off her disaster-response briefings, which were a staple of the Trump administration’s disaster-response planning. The lack of prioritization had real-world ramifications.”
The “real-world ramifications,” as Vance describes, now include a death toll in the hundreds. Officials reported Wednesday that more than 230 people so far have been killed across six states due to Hurricane Helene, with Category 5 Hurricane Milton still due to make landfall in Florida.
“In disaster response, every second counts. A week went by while the citizens of North Carolina suffered without the equipment and soldiers needed to save lives and begin recovery,” Vance wrote. “Ms. Harris and Mr. Biden treated the situation like a public-relations disaster instead of a real one.”
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“The Harris Administration has given billions of dollars to foreign countries and illegal aliens. But now they swoop in and they promise $750 to American citizens who have lost everything.”
— JD Vance in Butler Pennsylvania on Hurricane Helene relief and FEMA pic.twitter.com/96Jno8KKKW
— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) October 6, 2024
Vance pointed out that only a week after Helene made landfall did the White House authorize 1,000 federal troops to the response zone. Days later, only half of that figure had been deployed. Vance credited North Carolina Sens. Ted Budd and Thom Tillis with pressuring the White House to fulfill their promise four days later finally.
The Vice Presidential nominee added that even President Barack Obama had shown better disaster response capabilities, taking just two days to deploy the 82nd Airborne to Haiti following the 2010 earthquake.
Some of the fault, Vance explained, lies in the administration’s prioritization of illegal aliens over American citizens.
“Federal Emergency Management Agency staff are working hard. The agency’s response to Helene has been praised in some quarters and criticized elsewhere,” Vance wrote. “But it too has been the victim of misplaced Biden-Harris political priorities.”
“Under Ms. Harris and Mr. Biden, FEMA has funneled millions of dollars to nongovernmental organizations whose stated goal is facilitating mass migration into the U.S. The effort stems from a White House directive to reorient FEMA’s institutional focus away from U.S. citizens and toward aliens who either have no legal right to be here or whose legal status depends on the say-so of the Biden-Harris administration.”
He continued,
“Mr. Biden and Ms. Harris have been sending that message since the beginning of their tenure. In 2021 Mr. Mayorkas directed FEMA to participate in a ‘government-wide effort’ to receive and shelter migrants. By 2023 FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell was testifying that although FEMA is not an immigration agency, it would ‘continue to focus on supporting jurisdictions that are managing the care of immigrants through our Shelter and Services program.’ While some have claimed the funding going to these programs is distinct from disaster-relief funding, the same can’t be said for the attention and focus of Biden-Harris officials—that all comes from the same limited supply.”
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“The Harris Administration has given billions of dollars to foreign countries and illegal aliens. But now they swoop in and they promise $750 to American citizens who have lost everything.”
— JD Vance in Butler Pennsylvania on Hurricane Helene relief and FEMA pic.twitter.com/96Jno8KKKW
— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) October 6, 2024
Vance suggested that even leading up to Helene, FEMA has been “picking winners and losers among the American people.” He pointed out a panel the agency hosted in March 2023 titled “Helping the LGBTQI+ Community Before Disasters: Preparedness and Mitigation Considerations.”
“Ordinary Americans of all backgrounds know that especially when it comes to disaster relief, federal agencies exist to serve all Americans, not to give some groups special treatment,” Vance wrote.
“[T]his wasn’t the response that the people of Western North Carolina deserved. As Hurricane Milton barrels toward the Florida coast and Secretary Mayorkas claims FEMA is running out of disaster funds, it’s time the Biden-Harris administration got its act together.”
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