{"id":2349985,"date":"2024-10-03T12:13:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T16:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-budd-praises-resilient-people-impacted-by-hurricane-in-north-carolina-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-03T12:15:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T16:15:21","slug":"ted-budd-commends-the-resilient-people-of-north-carolina-affected-by-the-hurricane-highlighting-their-strength-in-the-face-of-adversity-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-budd-commends-the-resilient-people-of-north-carolina-affected-by-the-hurricane-highlighting-their-strength-in-the-face-of-adversity-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Budd commends the &#8220;resilient people&#8221; of North Carolina affected by the hurricane, highlighting their strength in the face of adversity. &#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\">48<\/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%2Fted-budd-commends-the-resilient-people-of-north-carolina-affected-by-the-hurricane-highlighting-their-strength-in-the-face-of-adversity-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=2349985&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>Senator Ted Budd of\u2063 North Carolina praised the \u2063resilience of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-gov-declares-state-of-emergency-after-40-missing-and-100-homes-destroyed-from-flash-floods\/\" title=\"Virginia Gov. Declares State Of Emergency\u00a0After 40 Missing And 100 Homes Destroyed From Flash Floods\">residents impacted<\/a> by Hurricane Helene, describing the event\u200b as \u200bunprecedented, with 192 fatalities reported. He criticized President Joe\u2062 Biden&#8217;s response, suggesting it was out \u2062of touch, \u200bbut emphasized \u2064the importance of unity and support rather than\u2064 political posturing during this crisis. Budd\u2063 highlighted the efforts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crenshaw-honors-fallen-capitol-officer-at-funeral-he-was-one-of-our-best\/\" title=\"Crenshaw Honors Fallen Capitol Officer At Funeral: \u2018He Was One Of Our Best\u2019\">private citizens<\/a> and charitable \u200borganizations aiding in recovery, noting the involvement of pilots\u2064 delivering resources, including internet access \u200bsupported\u2064 by donations \u200bfrom Elon Musk. \u2063He welcomed the deployment of 1,000\u200c active-duty troops to assist in recovery operations,\u2063 stating \u200bthat this support \u200bis crucial for addressing the \u2062needs \u2064of affected\u2062 communities.  <\/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\">Ted Budd praises &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-massive-tornadoes-rip-through-kentucky-overnight-killing-at-least-50-state-of-emergency-declared\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Massive Tornadoes Rip Through Kentucky Overnight Killing At Least 50, State of Emergency Declared\">resilient people<\/a>&rsquo; impacted by hurricane in North Carolina<\/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_1775155\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/sen-ted-budd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ted Budd<\/a> (R-NC) praised <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/north-carolina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>North Carolina<\/a> residents for helping each other in the wake of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hurricane\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hurricane<\/a> Helene, a weather phenomenon of which he has &ldquo;never seen anything like this.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>North Carolina is one of several south-eastern states that have been affected by the hurricane, which has so far killed at least 192 people. While Budd contended that President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>&rsquo;s lack of response to the hurricane shows &ldquo;how out of touch&rdquo; the president is with the people, he added that it is currently &ldquo;not a time for political grandstanding.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve never seen anything like this,&rdquo; Budd said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Hannity<\/em>. &ldquo;So this is a 500-, a thousand-year incident, we pray it never happens again, but these are resilient people in western North Carolina. And, yes, there are other states, too, and we are praying for them as well. I&rsquo;m talking to my colleagues in those other states. This is the worst disaster I have ever seen.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2625728&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=9007c260c504af5eaf369c2838145b3a\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Budd also expressed great thanks to all the charities coming to aid North Carolina &ldquo;in the name of Jesus&rdquo; and encouraged those who wish to help to do so through these groups. He added that &ldquo;it&rsquo;s the private citizens&rdquo; who are helping those in need, citing how he has seen people fly their personal airplanes and helicopters in the rescue efforts.<\/p>\n<p>As part of these efforts, Budd detailed how these pilots are flying Starlink internet providers that billionaire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Elon Musk<\/a> has &ldquo;generously donated&rdquo; to isolated fire departments, thus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-warns-on-cuba-cubans-dont-want-to-just-rearrange-the-deck-chairs-on-the-titanic\/\" title=\"DeSantis Warns On Cuba: Cubans Don\u2019t Want To Just \u2018Rearrange The Deck Chairs On The Titanic\u2019\">providing internet access<\/a> to neighborhoods cut off by the hurricane.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On X, Budd shared the news that Biden had sent 1,000 active-duty soldiers to assist in North Carolina&rsquo;s recovery efforts, calling it &ldquo;absolutely needed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The deployment of 1,000 active-duty troops to Western North Carolina is absolutely needed&mdash;particularly additional helicopters.<\/p>\n<p>Every North Carolinian I&rsquo;ve talked to is frustrated by the government&rsquo;s response. We need all hands on deck.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G3NUF6HmX8\">https:\/\/t.co\/G3NUF6HmX8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Senator Ted Budd (@SenTedBuddNC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTedBuddNC\/status\/1841520381330444594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 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> <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) has traveled to North Carolina to assist with the recovery efforts, and has claimed that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has taken &ldquo;a large majority of the personnel who should be here&rdquo; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3175407\/cory-mills-immigration-resettlement-hinders-fema-hurricane-victims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>repurposed them &ldquo;for immigration resettlement.&rdquo;<\/a> His comment was made after Homeland Security Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alejandro-mayorkas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Alejandro Mayorkas<\/a> told reporters Wednesday morning that <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hurricane-helene-congress-fema-funding-5be4f18e00ce2b509d6830410cf2c1cb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>FEMA is running out of money<\/a> for hurricane season.<\/p>\n<p>Biden conducted a flyover of North and South Carolina on Wednesday to survey Hurricane Helene&rsquo;s damage. Early projections of damage costs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3175588\/president-visits-storm-ravaged-north-carolina-death-toll-178\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>range from $95 billion to $160 billion<\/a>, pending on the source and metric inclusions.<\/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_1775155\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1775155\"}});<\/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>Ted Budd commends North Carolinians for their resilience post-Hurricane Helene<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2349986,"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\/Ted-Budd-scaled-1024x684.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[42244,16197,32258,13066,42243],"class_list":["post-2349985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-adversity","tag-hurricane","tag-north-carolina","tag-resilience","tag-ted-budd"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Ted-Budd-scaled-1024x684.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2349985","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2349985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2349985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2349986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2349985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2349985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2349985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}