Speaker Johnson Levels Harris-Biden Regime on Hurricane Helene Response: They've Been a 'Massive Failure'

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) took aim Sunday at the Harris-Biden regime’s response to the devastating Hurricane Helene, which ravaged vast swathes of America’s southeastern states.

“At the federal level, this has been a massive failure. And you can just ask the people there on the ground. I have been there. I was in Georgia. I was in Florida, where Hurricane Helene made landfall, there on the coast. And then we’ll be going to the hardest hit parts of North Carolina on Wednesday of this week,” Johnson told Shannon Bream on “Fox News Sunday.”

The speaker said that the administration should have been better prepared, seeing as they knew the hurricane was coming.

“They had more than a week’s notice of this, and yet we still have people who have not been served and even rescued,” Johnson added. “In North Carolina, it is a heartbreaking, tragic and infuriating situation to have the federal government fail, as they have well.”
The remarks come as Republicans have sharpened their attacks on the federal response to Hurricane Helene, just one month ahead of Election Day.

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REALLY?! THESE are the questions the media asked?!

The American people are struggling and NOT ONE QUESTION about: recovering from Helene’s destruction, Kamala’s radical policies driving up the skyrocketing cost of gas and groceries, illegals pouring across our borders, wars… pic.twitter.com/yhPdl6uC4i
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) October 6, 2024

The American people are struggling and NOT ONE QUESTION about: recovering from Helene’s destruction, Kamala’s radical policies driving up the skyrocketing cost of gas and groceries, illegals pouring across our borders, wars around the world, or rising crime in our communities!

RedState’s Brandon Morse wondered whether the response was caused by incompetence—or by design:

One thing we can conclude is that it is entirely horrible. FEMA is a disaster because it's wildly under-prepared for these events, thanks to the fact that it blew its budget on supporting illegal aliens at the border. But more than that, the government is actively attempting to complicate or halt normal citizens from helping, and while there are several reasons for this, the main reason is they don't want the people showing up the government.

Last Wednesday, I led Congress to provide $20 billion extra dollars (available immediately) to FEMA so they would have operational funds right now to respond to Helene.

President Biden and VP Harris have failed terribly in that response. They knew this storm was coming but did… pic.twitter.com/jkxp5e6ofj
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) October 4, 2024

They knew this storm was coming but did not adequately prepare. It is inexcusable! I’ve visited many of the impacted communities in the affected states, and they desperately need the full aid and support of this Administration. Once the affected states are able to calculate their damages, Congress is fully prepared to provide additional disaster funds as needed.

One thing we do know: the media response has been completely different than when Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005. Back then, the press and their lapdog celebrity sycophants called President Bush racist and said he didn’t care about black people because his administration’s initial response was deemed lackluster. Now, as the death toll from Helene reaches into the hundreds, and an unknown number of people are stranded in North Carolina and elsewhere, you see none of that kind of hateful rhetoric emanating from the corrupt press.

Meanwhile, the administration seems more concerned with foreign aid than it does its own people:

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