THE BERNHARD PERSPECTIVE
Donald T**** is literally deciding that who deserves disaster relief is based on how they voted
In the past several months, T**** approved millions in Federal relief funding for Alaska, Missouri, and Nebraska, all states that helped elect him. However, the president denied disaster aid requests for Vermont, Illinois, and Maryland – all blue states that did not support him – after those states sought federal relief for severe flooding and storm damages. As of yet, he has not reversed those denials or approved the aid for any of the three states.
After Typhoon Halong devastated Alaskan villages in October, T**** was online calling Alaska’s residents “incredible Patriots.” In the same breath, he bragged about winning them “BIG” in past elections, as if disaster victims had earned their salvation by voting the right way.
So let’s be clear: if your community is drowning but didn’t vote for T****, good luck.
Vermont’s Republican governor, Phil Scott, didn’t mince words. “President T**** and his administration have politicized disaster relief And our communities are the ones who will pay the price.”
He’s right. And it’s obscene. Disaster aid isn’t supposed to be a campaign perk. It’s not supposed to depend on party lines, loyalty tests, or how loudly you cheer at a rally. It’s supposed to reflect the most basic moral principle in public life: we take care of our own.
What we’re watching is moral corruption in broad daylight, the erosion of fairness, compassion, and decency at the highest level of government. This isn’t just about who gets a FEMA check, it’s about who counts as worthy in T****’s America.
Every time T**** politicizes disaster aid he sends the perverse message that cruelty is power and empathy is weakness. We Americans don’t turn our backs on our neighbors because they voted differently. We help because that’s who we are supposed to be and that’s what we are supposed to do.
The idea that your right to recover depends on your political allegiance is beneath contempt and beyond corruption. Indeed, it is morally bankrupt.
And that pretty much describes Donald T****.
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