As I write this article, the death toll from Hurricane Helene has risen to at least 227 victims across six states, with hundreds unaccounted for, suggesting the total could rise dramatically.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA.) on Friday slammed the Biden-Harris administration for its (lack of) response to the catastrophic storm, while also warning that the cost of recovery could be “one of the most expensive” the country has seen.
Also on Friday, Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R) really torched Biden and Harris for their astonishing ineptitude, calling them “clowns,” and then some.
During an interview that aired on Mobile, AL radio FM Talk 106.5, Tuberville called the administration “criminal” for allegedly misusing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster relief money to compensate illegal aliens:
We’re in a tough situation, Jeff, and we’ve been lied to. We’ve been scammed, the American people have been scammed. You know, I’m a Republican, but first of all, I’m an American that believes in Christian values and believe in our country and believe in the people that built this country and I want to leave this country to our kids and grandkids. So that being said, we’ve been scammed.
You know, you’ve got two people running now for office that were not elected through the process. They were selected. And why did that happen? I know people when Joe Biden got out, friends of mine on the Democratic side in the Senate, they were going to run for the nomination when they had their convention.
And they were immediately called and told, you will not run. We have selected this person to run. Pretty much threatened them. And so they didn’t run.