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So naturally, America&rsquo;s lamebrain Democrat president and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a> are missing in action.<\/p>\n<p>After making landfall in Florida late last week, the Category 4 hurricane ripped across the Southeast over the weekend, producing massive flooding and mudslides. At least 110 people across six states are reported to have been killed as of Sunday night, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/27\/weather\/helene-deaths.html\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-6125520ddd622e5ae450cb49d8476fee fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-6125520ddd622e5ae450cb49d8476fee\"><\/div>\n<p>Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee were among the regions hardest hit by the storm. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/29\/us\/helene-destruction-florida-north-carolina.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>, residents in Asheville, North Carolina, had to be airlifted from a hospital due to floodwaters engulfing entire roadways throughout the city.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, despite such widespread suffering among the people they were elected to serve, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris &mdash; the latter of whom is running to be our next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-joy-reid-compare-trump-surviving-a-shooting-to-biden-surviving-covid-in-a-wild-segment\/\" title=\"Watch Joy Reid compare Trump surviving a shooting to Biden surviving COVID in a wild segment\">president &#038;mdash<\/a>; seem to have bigger things to worry about. <\/p>\n<p>As my colleague Tristan Justice noted, Biden spent most of his weekend lounging around on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.capegazette.com\/article\/biden-expected-rehoboth-beach-beginning-sept-27\/281466#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rehoboth Beach<\/a> in Delaware. Meanwhile, Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pasadenastarnews.com\/2024\/09\/28\/kamala-harris-to-arrive-in-la-ahead-of-sunday-fundraiser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reportedly<\/a> attended a campaign event in San Francisco on Saturday and a fundraiser in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon. She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbtx.com\/2024\/09\/29\/harris-is-set-rally-again-las-vegas-both-campaigns-emphasize-swing-state-nevada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">concluded<\/a> her weekend at a political rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>The White House has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2024\/09\/28\/statement-from-vice-president-harris-on-hurricane-helene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">issued<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2024\/09\/28\/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-hurricane-helene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statements<\/a> from both Democrats and a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2024\/09\/29\/fact-sheet-update-biden-harris-administrations-continued-response-efforts-to-hurricane-helene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fact-sheet<\/a>&rdquo; on what actions it&rsquo;s supposedly taking to help local officials address the crises. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-a4ac94770cbbb4c5081bfe729a9d1fad fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-a4ac94770cbbb4c5081bfe729a9d1fad\"><\/div>\n<p>But beyond their truth-deprived base, those of us who&rsquo;ve closely watched this dumpster fire of an administration for the past three and half years know better than to believe that Biden and Harris are actively managing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-judge-grants-gop-lawmaker-standing-to-sue-biden-administration-over-unrwa-funding-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Texas judge grants GOP lawmaker standing to sue Biden administration over UNRWA funding - Washington Examiner\">federal government&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s Helene response.  If anything, many Americans have accepted the unfortunate reality of major policy decisions being made by an unelected Democrat oligarchy.<\/p>\n<p>Neither Biden nor Harris has the stamina or capability required to direct a government-wide disaster response. Both Democrats have demonstrated on multiple occasions they possess worse management skills than <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fkGp6D93Em4?feature=shared\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dunder Mifflin&rsquo;s Michael Scott<\/a>. Does the 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/afghanistan-withdrawal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Afghanistan withdrawal<\/a> ring a bell for anyone?<\/p>\n<p>Under this administration, the U.S. presidency has become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/Potemkin%20village\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Potemkin village<\/a>. Biden and Harris are trotted out to give big speeches and attend formal events with world leaders, but nobody with a lick of commonsense genuinely believes either one is really running the show. Think of them as the real-life version of the Wizard in &ldquo;The Wizard of Oz.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But don&rsquo;t take my word for it. Look no further than Biden, who&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/06\/13\/going-to-get-in-trouble-with-staff-biden-lets-slip-how-hes-handled\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">repeatedly<\/a> said he&rsquo;ll get &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/politics\/confused-looking-biden-says-he-ll-get-in-trouble-for-answering-reporters-questions\/ar-BB1jp6XM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in trouble<\/a>&rdquo; with White House staffers for going off script. I&rsquo;m sorry, but since when does the president take orders from unelected bureaucrats?<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d94b670a1c6aebd191f00a040f1dd1f6 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d94b670a1c6aebd191f00a040f1dd1f6\"><\/div>\n<p>Should &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-ignominy-of-master-sergeant-timothy-walz\/\" title=\"The Ignominy Of Master Sergeant Timothy Walz\">heaven forbid &#038;mdash<\/a>; Harris win this November, Americans can continue to expect their country to be run by these same unelected left-wing forces. If they won&rsquo;t allow her to regularly engage with friendly media who throw her <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/26\/msnbcs-stephanie-ruhle-is-the-perfect-picture-of-a-corporate-media-propagandist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">softball questions<\/a>, they&rsquo;re sure as heck not going to allow her near the powers that come with the U.S. presidency. <\/p>\n<p>America can&rsquo;t afford another four years of a Potemkin president who cares more about shipping endless amounts of taxpayer money to Ukraine than the suffering of her own citizens. Whether enough Americans believe that to be true will be learned soon enough.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-272f18689f16d77a74ef719f11ceee6d fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-272f18689f16d77a74ef719f11ceee6d\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. 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