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Joe Biden Flubs While Visiting Disaster-Stricken Rolling Fork, MS

Rolling Fork, MS, continues to suffer in the aftermath of a massive tornado that essentially leveled the small town located in the Mississippi Delta. Many homes were destroyed as the EF-4 cut straight through the rural farming area, leaving nothing but rubble and death in its wake.

Unlike past disasters and tragedies, President Joe Biden didn’t waste much time in going to survey the damage. Objectively, that’s a good thing. The bad part, though, is that he apparently didn’t even know what town he was visiting.

"We're not just here for today, I'm determined that we're going to leave nothing behind. We're going to get it done for you," Biden said during the speech. "I'm making sure you got a place to sleep, food to eat, helping you rebuild your lives in Rolling Stone."

This is just so embarrassing to watch. The President of the United States had a multi-hour flight to Jackson, MS, on Air Force One and then a helicopter flight on Marine One from there to Rolling Fork. Are we to believe that he simply had no time to study his notes to ensure he knew the name of the town? That’s not a fact that he should need to read off a sheet.

Are there any basic standards by which the current president is held? Or have we become so numb to his senile flubs that they don’t even matter anymore? Certainly, the press takes the latter approach.

Understand that this trip is just box-checking for Biden. He’s gotten himself in hot water politically in the past by delaying or not doing these kinds of visits. His handlers must have learned their lesson because they acted more decisively this go around. That’s all well and good, but the goal should be to show some genuine empathy for the people on the ground who have lost everything, not be so lazy as to not even memorize the name of the town they live in.

https://redstate.com/bonchie/2023/03/31/joe-biden-flubs-while-visiting-disaster-stricken-rolling-fork-ms-n724492

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-calls-devastated-mississippi-town-rolling-fork-rolling-stone

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