Doug Schoen, a former adviser to President Bill Clinton, said Tuesday that he was appalled by Vice President Kamala Harris' comments and President Joe Biden's indifference to the damage caused by Hurricane Helen.
Harris and Biden have not yet visited storm-hit areas in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee. Schoen argued on “Faulkner Focus” that the two leaders should have already come to North Carolina because the western region faces infrastructure failures, including road closures and widespread power outages and communications outages. (Related: Wild scenes emerge as America prepares for deadly hurricane)
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“Harris, I'm at a loss for words. I worked in a responsive White House…Vice President Harris and President Biden should have been in North Carolina. They should have been there for a substantive reason. He should have been there for political reasons and for personal reasons,” Schoen told host Harris Faulkner. “Yes, you want to be briefed at FEMA, but if you're in the middle of a tough election campaign, the question is, are you communicating? Are you caring? Can you change the way the country is run?” I mean, this level of cavalier indifference is literally breathtaking.”
Hurricane Helen made landfall on Thursday, and as of Monday, more than 130 people had died and up to 600 were missing. According to To the Associated Press. According to NBC News, a White House official said Harris intends to visit the affected areas “as soon as possible without disrupting emergency response efforts.” reported.
Biden is scheduled to visit North Carolina on Wednesday to assess the damage and coordinate federal response efforts, according to the Associated Press.
Mark Halperin, a political analyst at Newsmax, said Tuesday that Harris plans to visit eventually, but it's not necessary yet given the risk of disruption.
“If the president and vice president leave, the operations will stop, but they just don't have an interest in intervening in that way,” he said.
But Newsmax host Rob Finnerty said former President Barack Obama visited In 2012, I surveyed the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey.
“There are ways around it. Barack Obama found a way around it because he knew he had to win the election in 2012 with 35 days left,” Finnerty said. said. “So he was in New Jersey with the governor of New Jersey. I don't remember ever hearing anything like, 'Oh my God, everything stopped because we had Barack Obama.' It's a media person, Mark, you've been in the media for 30 years. you know it. You know that much too. She can go if she wants to. ”
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