{"id":2347950,"date":"2024-10-01T10:45:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T14:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/helene-makes-unlikely-friends-of-republican-swing-state-governors-and-biden-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-01T10:47:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T14:47:11","slug":"helene-makes-unlikely-friends-of-republican-swing-state-governors-and-biden-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/helene-makes-unlikely-friends-of-republican-swing-state-governors-and-biden-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Helene makes unlikely friends of Republican swing-state governors and Biden &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fhelene-makes-unlikely-friends-of-republican-swing-state-governors-and-biden-washington-examiner%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=2347950&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>The article discusses President Joe Biden&#8217;s bipartisan outreach in \u2062the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which has severely impacted several states, particularly North Carolina. Biden\u200c has \u200bcontacted governors from affected states, including \u2062both Republican and Democratic\u200d leaders, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-biden-struggles-through-5-minute-speech-on-helene-disaster-admits-he-is-ill\/\" title=\"Watch: Biden Struggles Through 5-Minute Speech on Helene Disaster, Admits He Is Ill\">coordinate disaster response efforts<\/a>. Republican Governors Brian Kemp (GA), Glenn Youngkin (VA), and Henry McMaster \u2062(SC) have publicly praised the federal government&#8217;s emergency response, while \u2062Governor Ron DeSantis\u2063 (FL) said he missed Biden&#8217;s call while assessing hurricane damage.<\/p>\n<p>Biden plans to visit North Carolina for an aerial tour of the damage and has approved major disaster declarations for Florida, North Carolina, and\u2062 South Carolina to facilitate immediate aid. In contrast, former President Donald Trump made misleading\u2064 claims regarding Biden&#8217;s communication with Kemp, leading to \u200cBiden&#8217;s frustration about the misinformation affecting public perception \u2063of disaster\u2062 relief efforts. \u2063Ultimately, Biden emphasizes the importance of honest communication during crises and the\u2062 commitment of his administration to assist those in need.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Helene makes unlikely friends of Republican swing-state governors and Biden<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1767552\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/friday-september-17th-2021\/\" title=\"Friday | September 17th, 2021\">made phone calls<\/a> to all governors of the states affected by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hurricane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Hurricane Helene\">Hurricane Helene<\/a> in a bipartisan approach that is typical of most presidents during times of national disaster.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>He has spoken with Govs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/brian-kemp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Brian Kemp<\/a> (R-GA), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/roy-cooper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Roy Cooper <\/a>(D-NC), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Henry-McMaster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Henry McMaster<\/a> (R-SC), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Glenn-Youngkin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Glenn Youngkin<\/a> (R-VA), and Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ron-desantis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ron DeSantis <\/a>(R-FL) said he missed Biden&rsquo;s call. He has received praise from Republican governors about the federal government&rsquo;s handling of the hurricane.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m incredibly appreciative of the rapid response and the cooperation from the federal team at FEMA. I&rsquo;ve been on the phone over the weekend with the senior FEMA administrator. The team has been deployed,&rdquo; Youngkin said.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis said he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/news\/hurricane-helene-desantis-says-focus-north-carolia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>missed the call<\/a> from the White House as he was in a plane surveying the damage. He said federal efforts should be directed to western North Carolina as Florida has &ldquo;it handled.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Biden plans to do an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3172232\/biden-plans-visit-north-carolina-visits-georgia-florida-are-on-horizon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>aerial tour of the damage<\/a> in North Carolina on Wednesday. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/3171007\/hurricane-helene-death-toll-tops-100\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>death toll<\/a> of Hurricane Helene has topped 100, with the most deaths occurring in North Carolina.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On Wednesday, I&#8217;ll travel to North Carolina for a briefing at the State Emergency Operations Center and to participate in an aerial tour of Asheville.<br \/>&#8304;I&#8217;ve ensured my travel will not disrupt the ongoing response.<\/p>\n<p>I plan to travel to Georgia and Florida as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; President Biden (@POTUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1840889620281589926?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I talked with both President Biden and Vice President Harris last night. They pledged their full support. This is going to be a tremendous effort in the short run, but looking at it in the long run, with the hundreds of roads that are destroyed, communities that were wiped off the map, we have to make sure that we get in there, are smart about rebuilding and doing it in a more resilient way,&rdquo; Cooper told CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Biden approved major disaster declarations for Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina, which will allow survivors to access relief funds and resources immediately. The Federal Emergency Management Agency and other federal agencies, as well as private entities and nonprofit charities, are responding to the disaster in at least seven states in the Southeast.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump visited Valdosta, Georgia, on Tuesday, where he falsely accused Biden of not calling Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump said Biden was &ldquo;sleeping&rdquo; and not responding to Kemp, saying the governor was &ldquo;calling the president and hasn&rsquo;t been able to get him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier that day, however, Kemp said Biden did call him.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I just spoke &mdash; the president just called me yesterday afternoon. I missed him and called him right back. And he just said, &lsquo;Hey, what do you need?&rsquo; And I told him, you know, we got what we need. We&rsquo;ll work through the federal process,&rdquo; Kemp said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[Biden] offered that if there&rsquo;s other things we need, just to call him directly, which, I appreciate that,&rdquo; Georgia&rsquo;s governor continued.<\/p>\n<p>Biden expressed his frustration at Trump&rsquo;s claim. He said he was not angry at Trump&rsquo;s personal attack but angry that Trump was using this talking point instead of directing help to the victims of the storm.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Let me get this straight. He&rsquo;s lying, and the governor told him he was lying,&rdquo; Biden said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve spoken to the governor, I spent time with him, and he told me he&rsquo;s lying.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know why he does this, and the reason I get so angry about &mdash; I don&rsquo;t care about what he says about me,&rdquo; Biden said. &ldquo;I care what he communicates to people that are in need, implies that we&rsquo;re not doing everything possible. We are. We are.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So that&rsquo;s simply not true, and it&rsquo;s irresponsible,&rdquo; Biden added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden responds to Trump claiming Kemp couldn&#8217;t get in touch with him after Kemp spoke with Biden: &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t care about what he says about me. I care about what he communicates to the people that are in need. He implies we aren&rsquo;t doing everything possible. We are. We are.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cEq12p0bUd\">pic.twitter.com\/cEq12p0bUd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaitlancollins\/status\/1840878114513080751?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>While Trump has accused Biden of playing politics with disaster relief, during his own time as president, he <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/helene-hurricane-damage-fema-trump-biden-harris-e5c1feed690765bac4d7096ce9dceb96\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>frequently withheld aid<\/a> from areas in need and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-on-border-crisis-i-should-be-flattered-people-are-coming-because-they-know-bidens-a-good-guy\/\" title=\"Biden On Border Crisis: \u2018I Should Be Flattered People Are Coming\u2019 Because \u2018They Know Biden\u2019s A Good Guy\u2019\">made false claims<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During Hurricane Matthew in 2017, the Trump administration provided North Carolina, which was run by Cooper at the time,<a href=\"https:\/\/governor.nc.gov\/news\/governor-cooper-calls-president-trump-congress-support-hurricane-recovery-eastern-nc-after-99\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> 1% of the aid <\/a>the state requested.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump also said Alabama would be hit by Hurricane Dorian in 2019, but when he was told Alabama would not be in the path of the storm, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/09\/04\/757586936\/trump-displays-altered-map-of-hurricane-dorians-path-to-include-alabama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>altered the storm map<\/a> with a black Sharpie to extend the hurricane&rsquo;s projected path to include Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>During Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico in 2018, in which tens of thousands of homes were destroyed and more than 2,600 people died, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/united-states-congress-df711dcff96a41218161a452340f0325\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>delayed<\/a> crucial aid to the areas for three years. He released the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/puerto-rico-storms-politics-joe-biden-hurricanes-02c9eba973414d44f2f24cc06a2871da\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>needed $13 million<\/a> just weeks before the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1767552\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1767552\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden reaches out to governors affected by Hurricane Helene<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2347952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/biden-hurricane-speech.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3620,41852,42072,42071,32076],"class_list":["post-2347950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-biden","tag-helene","tag-republican-governors","tag-unlikely-friends","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/biden-hurricane-speech.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2347950","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\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2347950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2347950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2347952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2347950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2347950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2347950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}