Well being brain dead himself, Joe Biden is a qualified expert on the
subject.

'Biden labels people ‘brain dead’ to doubt ‘climate crisis’ fueled
Hurricane Helene: ‘Put politics aside’'

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'President Biden called on Americans Wednesday to “put politics aside”
to focus on Hurricane Helene recovery efforts — moments before stepping
on his own message by saying that anyone who doubts climate change’s
role in the disaster “must be brain dead.”

“In a moment like this, we put politics aside, at least we should put it
all aside, and we have here,” the retiring 81-year-old president said
during a recovery briefing in Raleigh, NC.

“There are no Democrats or Republicans, there are only Americans, and
our job is to help as many people as we can, as quickly as we can, and
as thoroughly as we can.”

The consoler-in-chief, seated next to the Tar Heel State’s Democratic
governor, Roy Cooper, and emergency officials after an aerial tour of
the Asheville area, pivoted moments later to an attack on the mostly
Republican skeptics about the role of fossil fuel use in severe weather.

President Biden traveled Wednesday to areas of North Carolina damaged by
Hurricane Helene.
5 President Biden traveled Wednesday to areas of North Carolina damaged by
Hurricane Helene.
NATHAN J. FISH/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
“Nobody can deny the impact of [the] climate crisis anymore — at least I
hope they don’t. They must be brain dead if they do,” Biden jabbed.

“Scientists report that with warming oceans powering more intense rains,
storms like Helene are getting stronger and stronger — they’re not going
to get less, they’re going to get stronger. Today in North Carolina, I
saw the impacts of that fury.”

At least 189 people have died from the storm across six states, with at
least 70 of those deaths recorded in North Carolina alone. A further 100
residents of the state are unaccounted for.

The remark about Biden’s political adversaries being “brain dead”
quickly sparked an outcry — after the president himself took criticism
for what residents say has been a slow emergency response in the
hardest-hit areas.

Joe Biden
5 Biden called people “brain dead” for doubting climate change on
Wednesday.
AP
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign tweeted sarcastically: “Biden —
the uniter-in-chief — says Americans ‘must be braindead’ if they ‘deny’
the hurricane damage is because of climate change.”

“Comatose and cognitively declined Joe Biden is calling Americans like
me brain dead. This is a joke, Right?” reacted conservative commentator
Leo Terrell.

Biden has come under fire for his management of the storm — including
the fact that he monitored the initial days of the devastation impacting
the Southeast from his Delaware beach house.

A drone view shows a flooded and damaged area following Hurricane Helene
in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, U.S., September 28, 2024.
5 A drone view shows a flooded and damaged area following Hurricane Helene
in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, on September 28, 2024.
REUTERS
Vice President Kamala Harris toured storm damage Wednesday in Georgia.
5 Vice President Kamala Harris toured storm damage Wednesday in Georgia.
AFP via Getty Images
The president bristled at such criticism Monday when questioned by an
Associated Press journalist about whether he should have commanded the
federal response from the White House.

“It’s called a telephone!” Biden chided.

The president also has had to walk back his initial claim Sunday that no
further resources were needed to respond to the storm — saying at his
Wednesday afternoon briefing with Cooper that Congress will have to
approve more funding.

“It’s going to cost billions of dollars to deal with this storm… and
Congress has an obligation to ensure states have the resources they
need,” Biden said.

In this aerial view, power crews work on the lines after Hurricane
Helene passed offshore on September 27, 2024 in Crystal River, Florida.
5 In this aerial view, power crews work on the lines after Hurricane
Helene passed offshore on September 27, 2024 in Crystal River, Florida.
Getty Images
The outgoing president visited North Carolina and South Carolina on
Wednesday while Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic
presidential nominee in the Nov. 5 election, visited storm-hit Augusta,
Ga.

Harris, who was on a West Coast campaign swing over the weekend, has
also taken criticism from Republicans, including for tweeting an image
of herself addressing the crisis from Air Force Two — wearing headphones
that weren’t plugged into her phone — and for forgoing annual hurricane
preparedness briefings that were a staple of her predecessor Mike
Pence’s calendar.

“The people in western North Carolina feel let down, deservedly so,”
Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC), whose district includes some of the
worst-impacted areas, told NewsNation Monday.

“The response has been disappointing,” Edwards said. “We’ve begun to see
some resources brought in today, but the storm was over about 80 hours
ago. The storm was over about 10 a.m. Friday. We knew that the storm was
coming and only today are we beginning to see the first FEMA employees
and trailers and helicopters come in.'

"John Smyth" <smythlejon2@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:9t0tfjpgec5t6usf9bh40l09pgj2pjo3ns@4ax.com...
> Well being brain dead himself, Joe Biden is a qualified expert on the
> subject.
>
> 'Biden labels people ‘brain dead’ to doubt ‘climate crisis’ fueled
> Hurricane Helene: ‘Put politics aside’'
>
> <https://nypost.com/2024/10/02/us-news/biden-says-people-must-be-brain-dead-to-doubt-climate-crisis-fueled-hurricane-helene/>
>
>
> 'President Biden called on Americans Wednesday to “put politics aside”
> to focus on Hurricane Helene recovery efforts — moments before stepping
> on his own message by saying that anyone who doubts climate change’s
> role in the disaster “must be brain dead.”

Sure, and the same thing happened in '89 with Hurricane Hugo.. except then
it was proof we were heading into a global ice age.