Kamala Harris slammed for ditching hurricane season preparedness briefings led by Mike Pence
Story by Steven Nelson • 13h
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is at the center of a new storm for forgoing hurricane season preparedness briefings that were a staple of her predecessor Mike Pence’s annual calendar — with critics arguing the omission reflects how she may govern as president.
Foes of the Democratic presidential nominee highlighted the missing briefings as the death toll from Hurricane Helene soared past 143 in the Southeast — while Harris scrambled back to Washington from Las Vegas Monday afternoon to attend a FEMA briefing and booked a trip Wednesday to storm-hit Augusta, Ga.
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“Harris hasn’t demonstrated the ability — or desire — to do the apolitical parts of the job that have a huge impact on our lives,” a former Pence aide told The Post as criticism of the flat-footed federal response to Helene became a campaign issue. “Why should Americans trust her to start in the Oval Office?”
Then-President Donald Trump and Pence held pre-hurricane season preparedness meetings with federal emergency officials in each of their four years in office. President Biden had similar meetings in 2021, 2022 and 2023 — though Harris doesn’t seem to have joined or held her own parallel events.
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