During a recent spat on Fox News’ “The Five,” co-host Jessica Tarlov snapped when the panel raised concerns about the Biden-Harris administration’s response to the devastation of Hurricane Helene. Conservatives around the country have voiced criticism toward President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris over their response to the natural disaster. However, Tarlov dismissed these claims.
“How do you see it dramatically differently from how my colleagues see it? So just a couple notes, Trump closes strong in Georgia. He lost Georgia. So I guess if someone had found him 11,237
votes, it would have gone better, but he’s a loser there. Starlink … oh, he shows up a lot, and people see him, and then they vote against him. Starling, there are 40 satellites that are already going in Maui. By the way, the $700 was the FEMA limit,” Tarlov began.
The liberal co-host claimed that former President Donald Trump has used the same “playbook” with natural disasters. “So Donald Trump and his supporters are running the same old, tired playbook that they did with Maui and they did with East Palestine.” Praising Biden, Tarlov continued, “So not only was Joe Biden on top of this, he signed the disaster declarations even before the storms hit, to make sure that there would be no delay in goods and services.
Further blasting Trump, Tarlov said, “Donald Trump’s social media posts contain blatant lies like Governor Kemp can’t reach the president. Governor Kemp gave a press conference yesterday where he said, I just spoke to the president. He has promised me every single thing that I need McMaster from South Carolina, also a conservative, getting everything that he wants. And then Roy Cooper as well. And there’s only one president that we are talking about who actually has denied relief for one of these states in 2017 Roy Cooper asked after Hurricane Matthew for a lot of money, and he got 1% of his ask. They denied 99% of what he was asking for after that hurricane came.”
Dismissing the claims about insufficient resoures being allocated toward Hurricane Helene, Tarlov noted, “There are 3300 FEMA personnel, there 5500 National Guardsmen from 11 states and search and rescue from 19 states. That doesn’t reduce the devastation of this and how horrific it is, but to say that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are out to lunch during this or they’re sitting on a beach, reclining there.”
She continued, “They are clearly giving them what they need. They will be showing up when it is appropriate. And it’s different for Donald Trump, who is not in office. He’s just a guy trying to be president again, to show up and throw some bounty at people, versus someone who’s actually the commander in chief and doesn’t want to distract from what’s going on. And as Dana said, Governor Cooper said, I will let you know when it is appropriate for you to come and same goes for Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, all of it.
Watch Tarlov’s commentary below:
