A social media user was outed and blasted on the platform after her shocking take on how God must be punishing MAGA supporters with a hurricane.
With the multi-state devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene still being processed, and the number of victims continuing to climb, a Kentucky-based X user with the account @BetsyPackardPo1 shared her unhinged celebration that supporters of former President Donald Trump were being punished.
“Hurricane Helene…what if GOD is punishing MAGA populations for their hate and hypocrisy?” read her post on Sunday evening. “Works for me!”
Hurricane Helene…what if GOD is punishing MAGA populations for their hate and hypocrisy?
Works for me!
— BetsyPackardPoet&Writer (@BetsyPackardPo1) September 29, 2024
The shocking post was still up as of Monday morning but plenty of other X users have gotten screenshots of it as well as other posts by the woman, purportedly an instructor at the University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences.
Meet Betsy Packard, an instructor at @UKarts_sciences. She appears to celebrate Hurricane Helene destroying cities because some of those towns are Republican.
Does @UKarts_sciences also believe this? Do they condone these messages? pic.twitter.com/BwHwaPAGLH
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) September 30, 2024
Some previous posts seemed to be highlighted:
Very Jesusy, Betsy. pic.twitter.com/VjDDvYgPa2
— Hollaria Briden, Esq. (@HollyBriden) September 30, 2024
Packard took to her account to respond to the backlash, trying to clarify that she did not, in fact, believe in “divine punishment” while calling out those who can “dish it out but can’t take it.”
I need to clarify previous posts.
I erred in thinking Americans could read. I said WHAT IF.
Marjorie Taylor Greene and Michelle Bachmann attributed disasters to divine punishment.
DO I BELIEVE THIS?
NO.
Did I say I believed it? Nope.
But some fools DO believe it. pic.twitter.com/pC7STuK6pk
— BetsyPackardPoet&Writer (@BetsyPackardPo1) September 30, 2024
NO ONE celebrated anything, you fool.
I said WHAT IF to get those who actually attribute disease and disaster to devine punnishment to realize their own folly.
Remember those who stupidly said AIDS was punishment for “sin?”
Work on your reading comprehension.
— BetsyPackardPoet&Writer (@BetsyPackardPo1) September 30, 2024
“I’ve been targeted by MAGA stupidity today too,” she wrote in response to another X user’s complaints. “They mock others, but get nasty on the receiving end. And so many can’t read.”
But X users held her feet to the fire.
Here’s where she doesn’t believe it, in multiple posts, replying to multiple people. pic.twitter.com/DDA6ITp6JY
— Queen Velvet (@TMIWITW) September 30, 2024
What if with a winky face. You can’t walk this back. Your meaning was clear. pic.twitter.com/uOVBBuXljb
— MojaveRattler (@MojaveMamma) September 30, 2024
Ooooh. See, that might have let you weasel out of your hatefulness – but that final “Works for me” nullifies that argument. You’re just a hateful person who takes joy in the suffering of others. I sincerely hope that life treats you with all the grace and joy you deserve.
— AllHatNoCattle (@expattexan) September 30, 2024
No. You celebrated the death and destruction by saying that it “works for you”. You’re fine with it.
I can read just fine.
Delete your account, take two weeks off, and then quit. You’re disgusting.
— Jay Town (@JayTownAlabama) September 30, 2024
You actually erred in thinking Americans were stupid and would fall for your gaslighting.
It in fact, does NOT work for us
— Emily (@EmGreenHouses) September 30, 2024
“Works for me ” indicates that you believe it and that you’re happy about it. So stop trying to backtrack what you said. You were celebrating it. You were happy about it. You are a disgusting human being. Innocent people have died. And it doesn’t matter their politics.
— MAGA 2024 (@dnlpqxrhzmf) September 30, 2024
Lol, you keep digging when you should just delete your original post. Poor baby doesn’t like her ratio for being a complete ghoulish dipstick.
— Paul Marketos (@PaulAMarketos) September 30, 2024
How are you targeted? When you post on a public forum, you get public replies. Your comment was incredibly evil and insensitive. Who cares who votes who? People need to work and have lives. They have families who have died tragically. Where is the compassion a normal person…
— coldwarpatriot (@KayKasper263927) September 30, 2024
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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