Hard to know what the political implications of this terrible disaster will be. Western NC tends to vote heavily Republican, but Asheville is a Democratic enclave. Can FEMA make things visibly better by election day? Questionable. Republicans will soon start to blame the Biden administration for a slow response even though roads are dest…
Hard to know what the political implications of this terrible disaster will be. Western NC tends to vote heavily Republican, but Asheville is a Democratic enclave. Can FEMA make things visibly better by election day? Questionable. Republicans will soon start to blame the Biden administration for a slow response even though roads are destroyed or impassable. TN Republicans are already trying to do that, though TN Gov Bill Lee did not declare a state of emergency seeking federal assistance until the evening of Sept. 27 after a day of prayer and fasting. to "seek God's hand of mercy." Biden approved it immediately. Sadly and cynically, a PR war will now be waged. Expect Fox News reports on how Biden is asleep at the wheel.
Hard to know what the political implications of this terrible disaster will be. Western NC tends to vote heavily Republican, but Asheville is a Democratic enclave. Can FEMA make things visibly better by election day? Questionable. Republicans will soon start to blame the Biden administration for a slow response even though roads are destroyed or impassable. TN Republicans are already trying to do that, though TN Gov Bill Lee did not declare a state of emergency seeking federal assistance until the evening of Sept. 27 after a day of prayer and fasting. to "seek God's hand of mercy." Biden approved it immediately. Sadly and cynically, a PR war will now be waged. Expect Fox News reports on how Biden is asleep at the wheel.
Utterly predictable and shameless.