While millions of Americans come face-to-face with the reality that they no longer have a place to call “home,” Vice President Kamala Harris was campaigning around the country.
Hurricane Helene, a massive Category 4 hurricane, made landfall Thursday in Florida and plowed through Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky. Other states, including Virginia, also have been affected.
Helene claimed the lives of over 175 people and hundreds remained missing after the storm, authorities said.
President Joe Biden and Harris finally headed to the disaster area Wednesday, nearly a week after the storm made landfall. Biden visited North Carolina and South Carolina while Harris surveyed damage in Georgia.
Biden and Harris responded to criticism by saying they didn’t want to visit affected communities until their presence wouldn’t cause…