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Prime Minister Harris intends to visit areas affected by Hurricane Helen ‘as soon as possible’

Despite President Donald Trump’s claims to the contrary, the White House announced that Kamala Harris was briefed on the effects of Hurricane Helen while campaigning on the West Coast over the weekend.

White House officials said Harris canceled a campaign event in Las Vegas today so she could head to Fema headquarters in Washington, D.C., to be briefed on the storm. She also spoke with Democratic North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and “reached out” to Republican Governors Brian Kemp and Ron DeSantis in Georgia and Florida.

“The Vice President intends to visit affected communities as soon as possible without disrupting emergency response operations,” the official added.

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President Trump attacks Biden and Harris over Helen’s reaction during long rally in Pennsylvania

Donald Trump’s nearly two-hour rally in Erie, Pennsylvania yesterday criticized Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for their failure to respond to Hurricane Helen as it hit the southeastern United States. It started with that.

President Trump said, “Mr. Biden is sleeping in one of his many mansions in Delaware right now,” and “Mr. and attended fundraising events with her radical left-wing crazy donors.” , so many people died. ”

Here’s the moment:

Harris’ campaign has refrained from making similar comments about Trump in the past, but it seized on her comments downplaying the link between worsening natural disasters and climate change.

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Biden to address Hurricane Helen damage as Trump seeks to make storm a campaign issue

Good morning, readers of the US Politics Blog. Hurricane Helen, which crisscrossed the southern United States and caused massive destruction and dozens of deaths in North Carolina, Georgia, and other states, is expected to collide with the presidential election. Donald Trump will speak about the storm this afternoon in Valdosta, Georgia, no doubt with the aim of alienating voters in battleground states from Kamala Harris. The former president has already used the hurricane’s destruction as a weapon of attack against Democrats, reportedly accusing Joe Biden of “sleeping” as the storm raged. Speaking at a rally in Pennsylvania yesterday, he also accused Harris of turning a blind eye to the destruction.

Biden is scheduled to speak at the White House at 10:30 a.m. ET on his administration’s response to the storm, but Harris announced today that she is canceling her campaign in Las Vegas and will return to Washington, D.C., to address the storm at Fema headquarters. announced that they would be able to receive an explanation of the impact of . She is scheduled to arrive after 5 p.m.

Here’s what else is happening today:

A new poll commissioned by the Guardian has found that Ms Harris’ economic policies are more popular with voters than Mr Trump. The vice president revealed his plans in a major speech last week.

The vice presidential debate between J.D. Vance and Tim Walz is scheduled for tomorrow night, with both candidates currently preparing for the final debate scheduled before the election.

Israel may or may not be on the verge of launching a ground invasion of Lebanon. We have a live blog covering this crisis that you can read here.

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