The social media version of the Politico headline is ‘Trump drags Hurricane Helene into 2024 campaign’ while the site headline is ‘Trump brings Hurricane Helene into 2024 campaign’.
This from frontpagemag.com.
Whichever version you prefer the implication is clear. Natural disasters should not be a campaign issue. No one should actually criticize an administration over its hurricane response. Absolutely not.
UNLESS the political party in control is Republican.
Recall the media suggested President Trump deliberately killed everyone in Puerto Rico with a hurricane, and Kanye West and Brian Williams teamed up to suggest New Orleans had become a cannibalistic hellscape because Bush did not care about black people.
[Dementia Joe and Comrade Kamala] refusing to visit affected areas, we are told, is the newly dignified thing to do.
Trump visiting Georgia to hand out aid is just ‘politicizing’ a natural disaster.
But this begs the question of why Joe and Kamala do not want to go?
Obama probably won the election on the strength of visiting areas affected by a hurricane and then offering some fake sympathy. He then promptly turned his back on all those people the moment he got what he wanted. But why are Joe and Kamala not doing as much?
Biden used to be a functional retail campaigner, albeit with a penchant for inappropriately handling the female population from age 8 to 99, but Kamala can’t even convincingly do that much.
She has no other mode other than being a fake female friend and that is inadequate to the task of meeting with disaster victims. At some point she is going to have to go do that.
The media would like to delay that as long as possible. So, it’s doling out ‘Republicans pounce on failed hurricane response’ headlines to push back the moment Kamala has to interact with people who are not female celebrities of her social class and wealth for as long as possible.
Final thoughts: Putting campaigning and ulterior motives aside, the multiple sites of devastation caused by Hurricane Helene are where our national leaders belong. Their presence brings strength and encouragement to the affected peoples and it also helps encourage donate resources and contribute time and material to the clean-up and re-build efforts.
A media for the people would not need to be reminded of the adage, ‘Lead, follow, or get out of the way.’ People need help. Your political games are a hindrance.
