The american president Joe Biden visited Kentucky after a series of tornadoes that devastated the southern state of the country last Friday. The Democratic president also resolved increase federal aid from 75 percent to 100 percent of total costs for 30 days.
Accompanied by Kentucky Governor, Democrat Andy Beshear, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas and Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell, Biden scoured the area where he found devastated buildings, destroyed cars, as well as residents scrambling to salvage what they could from the rubble. “I’ve never seen so much destruction from a tornado”said Biden, who in turn asked local authorities not to hesitate to ask the federal government for anything.
“There are no red tornadoes, there are no blue tornadoes”Biden said in a meeting in which he participated with Beshear, referring to the fact that the state of Kentucky gave a large majority to former Republican President Donald Trump in the 2020 elections. The president’s sayings resonate with people who are still seeking his belongings among the rubble. Brad Mills, 63, is an orthodontist who lost the office that his grandfather had built in downtown Mayfield. “We are divided on many issues, but here we can find a common interest,” Mills said.
For his part, Bryan Wilson, a lawyer who lost his law firm, was seeking to recover documents, files, and computers from his office. “It is very important that (the president) come. That shows that there are still people in Washington who are interested in rural America. “Wilson told AFP. “It is not a question of Republicans, Democrats or independents,” he added.
In his initial statement after the December 12 disaster, the president had said that he would be responsible for providing federal aid for 75 percent of the total costs. However, this Wednesday, it established that it would increase the aid to 100 percent of the total costs during a period of 30 days “for the removal of debris and emergency protection measures, including direct federal aid,” as reported The Washington Post. The ad had been advanced by the White House prior to Biden’s comments in Kentucky.
The southern state of Kentucky was hit by five tornadoes, authorities reported. So far at least 88 deaths have been counted, although some US media indicate that they registered some 94 people who lost their lives, as well as more than 100 people whose whereabouts are still unknown after the tornadoes.
“The president sees people through the tragedy they are going through, the pain of having lost their loved ones, of having lost their homes (…) He sees them as human beings, not as people with partisan ties,” White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said this week.
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