Vice President Kamala Harris has drawn flak for declaring $157 million in additional assistance to the people of Lebanon in the Middle East amid the devastation in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in the United States.
A Category 4 Hurricane Helene left a trail of destruction in its wake after making landfall in Florida on September 26. It created a 500-mile path of devastation with catastrophic flooding, high-speed damaging winds, and power outages.
The hurricane left more than 200 people dead, including more than half of the deaths in North Carolina, and destroyed hundreds of homes, as well as entire communities.
US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the Biden-Harris administration will be with North Carolina every step of the way. The Department released $100 million in emergency funds for North Carolina to reconstruct the roads bridges, and transportation networks damaged by Hurricane Helene.
Harris tweeted that there’s a whole-of-government effort to help communities recover from Hurricane Helene. She highlighted that they have authorized the movement of 1,000 active-duty soldiers, deployed more than 6,400 federal personnel, and shipped more than 13.2 million meals and 13.4 million liters of water.
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Kamala Harris’ Billions For Israel Then Billions For Lebanon
However, her post was criticized by politicians and the common people. A Valentina Gomez said, “So Americans get water and food while Ukraine gets billions?” A self-proclaimed conservative stated, “You sent more money to Lebanon than any state affected by Helene.” They believe that the Republican duo Trump/Vance will take of American citizens than the Democrats.
A former UFC fighter Jake Shields put forth a debatable point:
Some also threw a similarity with the 1980s Iraq and Iran war.
