Former Arkansas governor criticizes Biden for tropical vacation amid Buffalo blizzard deaths

Former Gov. Mike Huckabee is hitting out towards President Joe Biden after leaving the nation on trip to the Caribbean at the same time as dozens of individuals have died as a consequence of blizzard circumstances in Buffalo, New York, earlier this week.

Biden’s depart of absence comes because the nation can be grappling with hundreds of canceled flights as a consequence of inclement climate in a number of states in addition to the necessity to avert a authorities shutdown by signing Congress’s omnibus spending invoice, which the president did after having flown to Saint Croix, the place Biden was staying over the vacations.

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“Principally what it says is Joe Biden would not give a rip what’s taking place to the American public,” Huckabee instructed Fox Information. “I imply, he may have at the very least stuffed up Air Pressure One with a bunch of individuals from Buffalo, New York, and brought them right down to the U.S. Virgin Islands for a while within the solar. That will have been good.”

No less than 39 people have died in Buffalo as a result of blizzard circumstances that overcame the state late final week, making it the deadliest snowstorm within the NY city since 1950, in response to officers. Nevertheless, that quantity may rise as Nationwide Guard members proceed their welfare checks on houses that misplaced energy from the storm.

Of the 39 who’ve died, 17 have been discovered exterior within the storm and one other 4 died whereas shoveling or snowblowing, in response to officers. Three folks died as a consequence of delays in emergency medical providers, 11 have been discovered of their houses with out heating, and one other 4 have been discovered of their autos.

Huckabee additionally hit out towards Biden for signing the federal government’s funding invoice whereas in Saint Croix.

“[They] went with all of it as a result of they mentioned it was an emergency,” Huckabee mentioned. “It is such an emergency that Biden took off and let that invoice sit there on his desk.”

Biden touted the signing of the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending invoice on Thursday, which included a number of extra provisions Democrats sought to cross earlier than the tip of the yr. Amongst these provisions have been elevated navy support to Ukraine, renaming federal buildings after high lawmakers, and extra.

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“At present, I signed the bipartisan omnibus invoice, ending a yr of historic progress,” Biden mentioned in a tweet on Thursday. “It’s going to put money into medical analysis, security, veteran well being care, catastrophe restoration, VAWA funding — and will get essential help to Ukraine. Wanting ahead to extra in 2023.”