By Michael Brendan Dougherty
Monday, September 30, 2024
Last
week, I wrote that geopolitical events — namely, the crucial decisions that
must be made about American aid to Ukraine in these weeks — were too important
to leave in the hands of a president who is not in possession of his full
faculties.
I
reiterate the same claim, but this time, the subject matter is the ongoing
devastation in North Carolina, both in and around Asheville. I know from
personal experience how difficult traveling some of those mountain roads can be
after a week of steady rainfall. By all reports, many thousands of people are
trapped in their homes, and many of those homes are now in a parlous state.
Communication lines are down for much of the state. Aid is coming, but an
energetic executive should be coordinating federal resources with the governors
of North Carolina and surrounding states.
Biden’s
response has been, typically, defensive and ornery, rather than reassuring and
supportive. Again, this is a man who would have trouble obtaining an apple
sauce and toast for lunch. So it’s not surprising. But, we should demand better
— and lawmakers in the House and Senate should be demanding it too.
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