President Joe Biden said Monday that he will travel to Kentucky on Wednesday to view damage from last week’s devastating tornadoes that killed at least 64 people and displaced thousands more.
Biden announced the upcoming trip following a briefing with homeland security and disaster response officials in the Oval Office to discuss what more the federal government can do to support those affected by the natural disaster. The White House said he would visit Ft. Campbell, Kentucky for a briefing on the response operations, and then to hard-hit Mayfield and Dawson Springs to survey the damage.
Biden said he was developing the itinerary in consultation with local officials to ensure that his presence doesn’t distract from the ongoing emergency response.
Biden, who has already signed emergency declarations for Kentucky, said he stands ready to do the same for Illinois. He added that he has ordered his administration to make every resource available to local and state officials in Kentucky and the other states impacted by the storms.
The president said his message to governors was that the federal government would help them get “Whatever they need, when they need it.”
“We’re going to get this done,” Biden added. “We’re going to be there as long as it takes to help.”
(AP)
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I’ll bet the folks in Kentucky are hoping the president tosses out paper towels to help with the clean-up, as his predecessor did in Puerto Rico.
I’m not sure how much help paper towels would be after a tornado, which generally either destroys houses utterly or else leaves them alone, but they’re definitely helpful in cleaning up the mess left by a hurricane and flooding. What on earth is your objection to President Trump having helped distribute some of the towels that had been provided?
Biden and the other Democrats are busy blaming “global warming” for this tornado, while ignoring the fact that tornado activity is much lower now than it has been historically.