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Home Front: Politix

WaPo Praises Biden's 'Low Key' Approach to Texas Winter Disaster

2021-02-23

[Breitbart] The Post hounded President Donald Trump for years about Hurricane Maria — even after he visited the island personally, and despite the fact that his concerns about local mismanagement in the distribution of aid were proven right. Yet in an article published on Saturday, with the headline "Biden’s low-key approach to storm wins praise but courts risks," the Post took a dramatically different approach:

"As the Biden administration faces its first natural disaster, the president himself is taking a notably low-key approach. He has not visited the stricken region or delivered prime-time remarks; he did not mention the disaster at a recent town hall; and he is studiously avoiding the controversy over whether wind energy or fossil fuels are to blame for widespread power failures.
Certainly the environmentalists had an opinion that Joe or Jen could've parroted. It was posted HERE
"It’s a marked contrast to former president Donald Trump’s habit of making himself the often-hostile center of attention during natural disasters. He famously tossed paper towels to hurricane victims, excoriated Californians for "gross mismanagement" of forests and called Puerto Rican leaders "corrupt and incompetent" for their handling of aid money."
He was right about P.R. incompetence.
Biden ignored the Texas disaster for days. He did not speak to the governors of states affected by the winter storm until after a journalist raised the question during a White House press briefing. He did not even tweet about Texas until several days into the crisis: Jill and I are keeping Texas, Oklahoma, and other impacted states in our prayers. I’ve declared states of emergency, authorized FEMA to provide generators and supplies, and am ready to fulfill additional requests. Please heed the instructions of local officials and stay safe.

The Post warned: "While Biden has won praise for his quieter, more businesslike approach, he is also running the risk that he ‐ and the federal government ‐ can appear almost absent."
Or callous or arrogant. Unfeeling towards deplorables, perhaps.
It noted that 48 people, including 30 in Texas, had died in the winter storm.

Posted by:Bobby

#9 Low key = Not doing anything. Then, it's WAPO.

Posted by: JohnQC 2021-02-23 23:06

#8 Another manifestation of MSM's 'low key' approach to their own misfeasance, malfeasance, nonfeasance and dumbfeasance.

Posted by: Knuckles Fluper5134 2021-02-23 12:06

#7 The Loki Approach.

Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-02-23 11:48

#6 WaPo was *cough* slightly more strident about "Hurricane Sandy" measures

Posted by: magpie 2021-02-23 10:56

#5 Maybe it has more to do with the self-reliance spirit of Texas versus the you owe me a handout spirit of Puerto Rico but I don't think the folks in Texas are crying for help. In fact this might kill any drift towards blue in the Lone Star State.

Posted by: rjschwarz 2021-02-23 10:08

#4 'Notably low key approach'. I rather like that, I only wish I'd had the audacity to say that vs I didn't want to, couldn't bother, so what?, etc.

Posted by: Cesare 2021-02-23 09:22

#3 can appear almost absent

It's the vacant stare of dementia

Posted by: Frank G 2021-02-23 07:16

#2 The media praises the ~~party's~~ media's low key approach to Texas winter disaster

FIFY

Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-02-23 06:22

No, Then why would I bail you out

Posted by: Herb Dribble5310 2021-02-23 05:24

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