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Presidential candidates often seize crises as opportunities to showcase their leadership and ability to handle adversity. Kamala Harris seems to be attempting to exploit Hurricane Helene for the same purpose.
However, she so blatantly staged her efforts that they reek of desperation. Late Sunday night, tweeted that FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell on Hurricane Helene briefed her, that they discussed the federal response, and that she spoke with North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper about the state’s ongoing rescue and recovery efforts.
Of course, just like if you go to the gym without sharing a photo on social media to prove it, it doesn’t count, the update from Harris from the official vice president’s account on X included a photographic “evidence” of Kamala taking charge during this crisis.
Kamala’s handlers are not the best at staging. We know this from her recent visit to the southern border, which included similarly staged photos like a brief walk along the border wall while talking with a border agent. Even the Border Patrol Union blasted the phony photo-op:
