Biden and Harris host wildfire briefing in the Oval that puts the ‘lame’ in lame duck

The lame-duck last week of the Biden-Harris administration kicked off with a wildfire briefing encapsulating four years of disaster and what the American people averted on Election Day.

Joined in the Oval Office by a gaggle of press, staff, and administration officials, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris sought to address the ongoing dangers from and the impact that the Los Angeles wildfire has had on California communities. However, promises of handouts fell flat when put in perspective as his right-hand woman served up a word salad on being “patient.”

Reading from a prepared script while seated behind the Resolute Desk, the benefactor behind billions for Ukraine extended his standard offer to American citizens left homeless by the rampaging fire, amounting to less than $800.

“People impacted by these fires are gonna receive a one-time payment of $770. One-time payment,” said Biden who went on to assert over $5 million had been delivered thus far as more than 6,000 people had signed up for the scant supplement.

By comparison, in addition to wave after wave of $500 million add-ons to funding for Ukraine, as 2024 came to a close, the incumbent’s Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced $3.4 billion in economic aid to cover the salaries of government and school employees along with first responders and healthcare workers.

In case it wasn’t bad enough that Americans had to deal with watching their tax dollars get shipped overseas while some, like hurricane victims in Appalachia, literally were kicked out into the cold by FEMA as a Transitional Sheltering Program expired, Harris exacerbated the situation with calls for residents of her home state to “be patient.”

“It’s critically important that, to the extent you can find anything that gives you an ability to be patient in this extremely dangerous and unprecedented crisis, that you do,” she said as rumors swirled she might be considering vying for term-limited California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) job in 2026.

Reacting to the vice president’s suggestion, RedState’s Bonchie stated in part, “It’s scary to think that she was almost President of the United States. Every single time I hear her speak in public, I’m reminded of just how much of a vapid empty suit she is. This is a woman who offers nothing of substance to any situation she’s involved in. It’s always a confusing mix of platitudes because it would take actual work to offer more, and she’s the laziest major politician I’ve ever seen.”

Of course, the performative politics came to a close as much of the Biden administration had, without taking any questions from the press who were instead subjected to smirks from the incumbent as they were booted out of the Oval Office.

Among the reactions to the paltry aid that matched support for victims in Lahaina, Hawaii, and throughout the Southeast, it appeared that what most people were trying to remain patient for was the transfer of power on Jan. 20 that would mark the end of the America Last agenda.

Kevin Haggerty

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