{"id":1669711,"date":"2022-10-03T08:58:09","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T12:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1669711"},"modified":"2022-10-03T08:58:28","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T12:58:28","slug":"vp-harris-dodges-question-about-her-calling-for-prioritizing-disaster-aid-to-communities-of-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vp-harris-dodges-question-about-her-calling-for-prioritizing-disaster-aid-to-communities-of-color\/","title":{"rendered":"VP Harris Dodges Question About Her Calling for Prioritizing Disaster Aid to &#8220;Communities of Color&#8221;"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fvp-harris-dodges-question-about-her-calling-for-prioritizing-disaster-aid-to-communities-of-color%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=1669711&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=\"speakable\">Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/kamala-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kamala Harris<\/a> dodged a question asking her if she could explain what she meant when stating that the Biden administration would take &#8220;equity&#8221; into account when disbursing natural disaster relief.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Her comments came on Friday after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/weather\/hurricanes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hurricane Ian<\/a> made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 storm and in South Carolina as a Category 1 storm. At least 47 people died in Florida after the hurricane made landfall. Harris made the comments at the Democratic National Committee&#8217;s\u00a0Women\u2019s Leadership Forum.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is our lowest-income communities and our communities of color that are most impacted by these extreme conditions,&#8221; Harris said. &#8220;We have to address this in a way that is about giving resources based on equity, understanding that we fight for equality, but we also need to fight for equity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a video obtained by Fox News Digital, when asked if she could clarify the comments, she didn&#8217;t answer the question.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/vp-kamala-harris-says-hurricane-recovery-should-take-equity-account\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>VP KAMALA HARRIS SAYS HURRICANE RECOVERY SHOULD TAKE &#8216;EQUITY&#8217; INTO ACCOUNT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Vice President Kamala Harris dodged a question asking her if she could explain what she meant when stating that the Biden administration would take &#8220;equity&#8221; into account when disbursing natural disaster relief.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Fox News Digital)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Vice President, can you clarify what you meant about equity for hurricane relief,&#8221; Harris was asked.<\/p>\n<p>Christina Pushaw, rapid response director for Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis&#8217; campaign, said on Twitter that the comment by Harris is false.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/live-news\/hurricane-ian-tracker-news-path-weather-10-01-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>DEATH TOLL RISES FROM POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE IAN; STORM CRAWLS ACROSS CAROLINAS, VIRGINIA<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/KamalaHarris.jpg\" alt=\"Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the Democratic National Committee Women&#039;s Leadership Forum in Washington on Sept. 30, 2022.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the Democratic National Committee Women&#8217;s Leadership Forum in Washington on Sept. 30, 2022.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Leigh Vogel\/Abaca\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;This is false. [Harris\u2019] rhetoric is causing undue panic and must be clarified,&#8221; said Pushaw. &#8220;FEMA Individual Assistance is already available to all Floridians impacted by Hurricane Ian, regardless of race or background.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the White House said that it&#8217;s working with DeSantis and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide aid to individuals who were impacted by Hurricane Ian.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Kamala-Harris-Nea.jpg\" alt=\"Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the National Education Association annual meeting and representative assembly in Chicago on July 5, 2022.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the National Education Association annual meeting and representative assembly in Chicago on July 5, 2022.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Tannen Maury\/EPA\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>When Hurricane Ian made landfall on Wednesday afternoon near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southeast\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cayo Costa, Florida<\/a>, it was just 2 mph shy of reaching Category 5 strength.<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News&#8217; Caitlin McFall contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Adam Sabes is a writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to <a href=\"mailto:Adam.Sabes@fox.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam.Sabes@fox.com<\/a> and on Twitter @asabes10.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kamala Harris dodged a question asking her if she could explain what she meant when stating that the Biden administration would take &#8220;equity&#8221; into account when disbursing natural<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1669713,"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-1669711","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\/1669711","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1669711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1669711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1669713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1669711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1669711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1669711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}