Hurricane Helene has left a heartbreaking trail of devastation, with nearly 100 lives lost and entire communities in the southern United States washed away in catastrophic flooding. Smashing into Florida’s Big Bend as a Category Four storm, Helene has worked her way up the coast, leaving destruction in her wake. Families have been displaced, homes reduced to rubble, and livelihoods destroyed. It’s a time when normal Americans come together, as they always do, to help their fellow citizens rebuild from tragedy.
But while everyday Americans are rolling up their sleeves and donating time, money, and resources, the liberal elite are, predictably, using this disaster to push their tired climate change narrative. It’s become a disturbing trend. Every time disaster strikes, instead of focusing on how to help those suffering, liberals jump on the soapbox to lecture us about climate change, often with a self-satisfied smirk. It’s repulsive, and it’s not new.
We saw the same thing during Hurricane Harvey in 2017 when some on the left couldn’t even bring themselves to donate relief funds simply because Texas voted Republican. The divisiveness is sickening. And now, in 2024, we have people like Betsy Packard, an instructor at the University of Kentucky, declaring that this storm is some kind of “punishment” for MAGA supporters. Let’s think that through for a second, Betsy—one of the hardest-hit areas is Asheville, North Carolina, a city as liberal as they come. It’s the East Coast’s own version of San Francisco, so much for hurricanes picking political favorites.
Honestly, the fact that someone like Packard feels bold enough to publicly post such garbage says a lot about where we are. People like her are eager to dance on the ruins of destroyed homes if they think it might give them the moral high ground. Well, they can spare us their sanctimonious lectures. Folks like her deserve to be called out, and if they want to make idiotic statements on public platforms, they’ve earned every bit of backlash they get. No one wants to hear their climate change sermon while entire communities are literally underwater.
Meet Betsy Packard, an instructor at @UKarts_sciences. She appears to celebrate Hurricane Helene destroying cities because some of those towns are Republican.
Does @UKarts_sciences also believe this? Do they condone these messages? pic.twitter.com/BwHwaPAGLH
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) September 30, 2024
Meanwhile, what are Joe Biden and Kamala Harris doing? You’d think the president and vice president would be front and center, leading the charge in relief efforts. But no, Biden seems to think making a few phone calls is enough. He’s more disconnected from reality than ever, especially considering he recently mistook Israeli missile strikes on Houthi terrorists in Yemen for a labor dispute. This is the leadership we’re supposed to trust to manage a national crisis?
Trump flew directly to Valdosta to deliver critical supplies to the victims of Helene.
Biden was at the beach all weekend.
Kamala staged a phone call photo. pic.twitter.com/inPq15OpPC
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) September 30, 2024
Reporter: “Why weren’t you and Vice President Harris here in Washington commanding this weekend?”
Biden: “I was commanding. I was on the phone for at least two hours yesterday and the day before as well. It’s called a telephone.” pic.twitter.com/XheKZ4zhfi
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) September 30, 2024
The bottom line is this: America needs action, not virtue signaling. We need leadership, not lectures from climate change fanatics. And we certainly don’t need out-of-touch politicians making phone calls from their cushy offices while entire communities are suffering.
