Earlier Wednesday, Mr. Biden’s aerial tour of western North Carolina revealed flattened buildings and the shells of gutted-out buildings in and around Asheville, which is in the Blue Ridge Mountains far west of the capital. https://t.co/rNEneT6a5p
自从Jack Smith的报告被解密后,很多共和党的人像躲狗S一样躲川普:
- Liz Cheney and former Trump aides, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Cassidy Hutchinson, and Sarah Matthews are determined to crush him. Campaigning for Harris in Wisconsin.
- Two dozen Wisconsin Republicans, including former lawmakers, other former elected officials and a GOP sitting district attorney, have signed an open letter declaring their support for Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris.
- GOP Governors of Georgia, Virginia, and North Carolina just openly praised Biden's response to the Hurricane. Callilng Trump's allegations lies.
飓风“海伦”横扫东南部6州,迄今已造成至少183人死亡。总统拜登抵达重灾区北卡视察,下令国防部增派1000名军人协助救灾,又表示联邦紧急事务管理局(FEMA)经费即将耗尽,国会需要早日增拨款项。
《纽约时报》报道,拜登2日首先与北卡州府官员短暂见面,随后乘坐飞机,从空中视察山城阿什维尔(Asheville)等地。同行的国安部长马约卡斯(Alejandro Mayorkas)解释,区内道路仍未解封,为免灾区遭受进一步损害或者耽误地面救援,因此团队选择飞往当地。拜登接着在北卡首府罗利(Raleigh)召开记者会,表示山区城镇被夷为平地,大批房屋被洪水冲走,既反映这次情况严重,也证明气候变迁的影响已经迫在眉睫,救灾部门需要频繁调动经费,国会应该增加FEMA拨款。
马约卡斯则说,由于灾区道路受阻,联邦已向不同社区空投食品等物资,而且佛州、南北卡、乔治亚、田纳西和维珍尼亚共出动6000多名国民军,整项行动花费巨大,几乎耗尽了FEMA的剩余资金,如果国会拒绝追加预算,部门难以应付今年稍后的天灾。但众议长约翰逊(Mike Johnson)同日表明,由于评估损失、计算重建成本需时,议员不可能在11月前完成立法,也“没有必要”在11月大选前商讨紧急开支。
与此同时,副总统贺锦丽则往另一个受灾州份乔治亚,在接近南卡的城市奥古斯塔(Augusta)慰问救援与医疗人员。到了3日,拜登将从北卡转往乔州和佛州,视察当地的灾情。