{"id":1186350,"date":"2022-01-04T08:35:12","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T13:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1186350"},"modified":"2022-01-04T08:35:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T13:35:22","slug":"white-house-sending-jill-biden-to-comfort-kentucky-tornado-survivors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-sending-jill-biden-to-comfort-kentucky-tornado-survivors\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Sending Jill Biden to Comfort Kentucky Tornado Survivors"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-sending-jill-biden-to-comfort-kentucky-tornado-survivors%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1186350&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">First Lady Jill Biden will travel to Kentucky on Thursday alongside federal officials&nbsp;to meet and comfort those most impacted by&nbsp;the deadly tornadoes that tore through the state last month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst Lady Jill Biden and Deputy FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] Administrator Erik Hooks will travel to Bowling Green, Kentucky where they will join Governor Andy Beshear (D)&nbsp; and First Lady Britainy Beshear to survey recovery efforts following the devastation from recent tornadoes,\u201d&nbsp;the White House said in a statement.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe First Lady will highlight the partnership between federal and local agencies that ensures Kentuckians are receiving the aid and relief they need,\u201d the statement added, the Hill <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/588096-jill-biden-to-visit-kentucky-to-see-tornado-damage\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/weather\/2021\/12\/11\/video-kentucky-governor-fears-dozens-dead-after-storm-strikes-candle-factory\/\">reported<\/a>, the tornadoes left catastrophic destruction in their wake when they hit last month.<\/p>\n<p>In the days that followed, President Joe Biden flew to the devastated areas to offer his support only to be met by an indifferent welcome from locals.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>As Biden exited his motorcade upon arrival in Mayfield, Kentucky, two people shouted \u201cLet\u2019s go, Brandon!\u201d according to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/15\/joe-biden-greeted-with-lets-go-brandon-chants-while-touring-kentucky-tornado-damage\/\"> reporters<\/a> on the scene.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Let&#8217;s Go, Brandon!&#8221; Biden&#8217;s Warm Welcome As He Surveys Tornado Damage <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NGWwZwUKgi\">pic.twitter.com\/NGWwZwUKgi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1471249055586164737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden also spoke at a briefing from local leaders in Kentucky about the storm damage.<\/p>\n<p>He pulled his coronavirus mask under his chin to speak, reminding leaders of the importance to come together to help the community rebuild.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s not red tornadoes or blue tornadoes,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s no red states or blue states when this stuff starts to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now Jill Biden will have her turn to follow in her husband\u2019s footsteps and offer comforting words to those still trying to put their lives back together after the weather bomb.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19349986\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1359236998.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19349986\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1359236998-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the press after touring areas damaged a tornado on December 15, 2021 in Dawson Springs, Kentucky. (Scott Olson\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>At minimum 30 tornadoes were&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/us\/live-news\/kentucky-tornado-midwest-south-storms\/index.html?utm_content=2021-12-11T13%3A25%3A04&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twCNN&amp;utm_term=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;in&nbsp;\u201cArkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi and Tennessee,\u201d in the event.&nbsp;In Kentucky alone, Beshear at least 50 were&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/50-dead-tornadoes-devastate-kentucky\/story?id=81672801\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">killed<\/a>, ABC News reports.<\/p>\n<p>According to an estimate&nbsp;from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.accuweather.com\/en\/severe-weather\/total-economic-impacts-of-historic-tornado-outbreak-about-18-billion\/1062259\">AccuWeather<\/a>, the damage from the storms could total $18 billion, basing the cost off of \u201call direct and indirect impacts of the tornadoes.\u201d<\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Lady Jill Biden will travel to Kentucky on Thursday alongside federal officials\u00a0to meet and comfort those most impacted by\u00a0the deadly tornadoes that tore through the state last month. \u201cFirst &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1186350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/82"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1186350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1186350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1186350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1186350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}