KAMALA Harris faces criticism for attending the Los Angeles fires benefit concert while hurricane victims in North Carolina are in distress.
Harris, the ex-vice president, and her husband, Doug Emhoff, were photographed at the FireAid show while people in Appalachia are struggling to find housing.
It has been months since Hurricane Helene blew through the Southeast, leaving devastation and life-changing wreckage in its path.
Some of the worst damage was in rural North Carolina, where cities were left completely underwater for days due to severe drainage issues.
In early October, Harris visited the storm-torn state to survey the damage on behalf of President Joe Biden.
In the following weeks, she visited North Carolina many more times, but that was only to hold rallies for her doomed presidential campaign.
On Thursday, Harris and Emhoff stayed close to home in California to smile from comfortable box seats at the FireAid show.
Industry leaders Billie Eilish, Katy Perry, and Joni Mitchell took to the stage to sing an emotional love letter to their scorched hometown.
Several fires on January 7 burned more than 10,000 acres in significant areas of the city, prompting urgent rebuilding efforts.
Harris has been active in the efforts, as she helped distribute food to victims and visited fire stations just a few weeks ago.
But the gestures have called to mind all the times she refused to visit more rural areas, where the majority of voters failed to write her name on the ballot.
“It would have been nice if all those big money donors would have actually helped North Carolina too,” wrote one furious user on X.
Another person said, “And you totally forgot about the folks in North Carolina. A total s**t show.”
“Enjoy your evening. You are all s***s and giggles even after your humiliating defeat,” wrote another angered user.
“You smile at the camera in celebration of those who’ve lost their homes.”
FEMA FAILURES
As homelessness continues to run rampant in North Carolina, mobile homes and travel trailers donated by FEMA are bizarrely sitting empty.
That’s because the disaster relief agency, which has been slammed as overly bureaucratic by President Donald Trump, is asking some residents to move upwards of 100 miles to actually use one.
“It makes me mad because there are families that need homes,” resident Destiny Mitchell, who lives in Hickory, told ABC affiliate WSOC.
There are strict rules on where someone can use a trailer, and that’s made it difficult to place hurricane victims.
The survivors also have a maximum of 18 months they can use the shelter, though some say this is far too long.
One resident living in the homes blasted how cheaply the shelters are made and said he couldn’t fathom spending months in the trailer.
“This is made to live in for a weekend,” Christian Schaefer said.
“This was not made to live in for 18 months. I would love for someone from FEMA to come try and live here for a month.”
