Biden Faces Some Jeers While Visiting Tornado Damage in Kentucky – Opinion

Joe Biden traveled to Kentucky in order to inspect the areas hardest hit by tornadoes last week that decimated multiple states. He saw at least 88 dead and more than 100 still missing. Then he stopped in Fort Campbell before moving on to Mayfield. This was one of many areas that appeared like an area bomb had been dropped by the tornadoes.

This sums up the situation in 19 words. #Mayfield #MayfieldTornado #KyWx #WX pic.twitter.com/IcPL4XGtPS

— WxChasing- Brandon Clement (@bclemms) December 11, 2021

Joe Biden wasn’t always welcomed by all. Some started up a “Let’s go, Brandon!” chant after he emerged from his motorcade.

“Let’s Go, Brandon!” Biden’s Warm Welcome As He Surveys Tornado Damage pic.twitter.com/NGWwZwUKgi

— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) December 15, 2021

It was confirmed by a BBC reporter who also made a comment on Trump’s flags.

I’m with the president in Mayfield. Looking at destruction. There is a Trump flag and when Biden got out of the motorcade someone called: “Let’s go, Brandon.” They said it twice. https://t.co/5RuLK62O2Q pic.twitter.com/XTWtXE6ASu

— Tara McKelvey (@Tara_Mckelvey) December 15, 2021

Biden met with the governor of Kentucky Andy Beshear to assess the extent of the damage. Biden promised that the federal government would cover the emergency costs for the first thirty days including “debris removal, the cost of overtime and law enforcement, emergency service personnel and shelter.” He’s approved emergency declarations for Kentucky as well as Illinois and Tennessee. Biden was also able to take an aerial view of Mayfield’s destruction, and followed that up with a ground tour along roads filled with the rubble.

While he was there, he told them the story about his wife and child being killed in an accident and said that something “good” would come out of the tornado tragedy.

“I want to introduce a new friend of mine. This is Dane,” begins @POTUS. pic.twitter.com/p4P8f5uZcB

— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) December 15, 2021

Biden hugged a little boy and introduced him as his new “friend,” Dane.

Also, he spoke with a twelve-year old girl wearing an American flag.

Dawson Springs #Kentucky. pic.twitter.com/6of9bvE3Te

— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) December 15, 2021

But he just couldn’t leave out the politics, even in a visit that is supposed to be about extending comfort and support to the people of the area.

At one point, he joked with a woman wearing Green Bay Packers apparel that she should tell star NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers that “He’s gotta get the vaccine” — a reference to Rodgers’ stand against the COVID-19 shot.

Biden blamed climate change again, even though there is no proof that tornadoes are due to it. “We got 99 billion of damage just this year…because of weather and climate change. We’re going to get it done. I’m impressed by the way everyone is working together, I really mean it.” He previously seemed to blame climate change, claiming it made everything more intense.

Many people are still without electricity in this area.