Who would you relatively have come to your rescue in an emergency: Some bureaucrats from Washington DC or a bunch of hardworking blue-collar people from Kentucky, Mississippi or Alabama?
I do know what my reply can be, however CBS reporter Margaret Brennan apparently can’t think about how these states would be capable of maintain themselves with out the federal authorities.
The feedback got here throughout Brennan’s interview with Vice President JD Vance over the weekend, when the veteran reporter introduced up President Donald Trump’s suggestion of eliminating FEMA and transferring that duty from the federal authorities to particular person states.
Clearly there are execs and cons to that concept, however Brennan simply couldn’t appear to wrap her thoughts round folks from what she known as “lower-income” states having “the experience” to deal with emergencies.
“FEMA has specialised experience that a few of these states simply don’t have of their arsenal. What number of states, who’re lower-income states, the Mississippis, the Kentuckys, the Alabamas, be capable of do that by themselves with out federal assist?”
Discuss elitism at its best…
Vance appeared to reject the premise of her query, stating that the suggestion was to get bureaucrats out of the way in which in order that these states may deal with emergencies with out interference and pink tape from the federal authorities.
And it’s additionally fairly wealthy that she’s claiming these poor states want the “experience” of the federal authorities to recuperate after we nonetheless have folks dwelling in tents and campers in North Carolina 4 months after Hurricane Helene as a result of they will’t get any assist from FEMA. I assure you that in the event you gave that cash to the state and instructed them to maintain it, you’ll have these folks in properties rather a lot faster than the bureaucrats in Washington DC did. However hey, what do I do know.
After all I’m from West Virginia, so I’m fairly used to listening to the media, celebrities, journalists, just about all people shit on my state and her folks for being uneducated and poor. But when I had been in an emergency, I might a lot relatively have a bunch of locals who perceive the challenges to assist remedy the issues. And do you actually assume there’s NOBODY good sufficient to deal with an emergency in any of these states? Get actual, Margaret.
Her feedback ruffled fairly a couple of feathers, prompting a response from Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves:
“HILARIOUS elitism by Margaret Brennan at CBS Information claiming that Mississippians know much less about emergency administration than DC bureaucrats – all as a result of her favourite Democrats in CA and NC have failed their constituents.
JD Vance did an important job dealing with her condescending questions. The disdain these folks have for any Individuals exterior of their little bubble is so pathetic and revealing.”
Spot on, Governor.
HILARIOUS elitism by @margbrennan @CBSNews claiming that Mississippians know much less about emergency administration than DC bureaucrats – all as a result of her favourite Democrats in CA and NC have failed their constituents.@JDVance did an important job dealing with her condescending questions. The… pic.twitter.com/YHWqWJhp6h
— Governor Tate Reeves (@tatereeves) January 26, 2025
Alabama meteorologist James Spann additionally chimed in, and in the event you’re not acquainted with the native legend, I really feel comfy saying that on the subject of experience on native climate and pure disasters there may be NOBODY who is aware of greater than James Spann.
“I don’t care about politics. However, folks in Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky have electrical energy, operating water, and we all know extra about emergency administration than most. A number of the best EMA professionals are right here.”
Similar right here. I don’t care about politics. However, folks in Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky have electrical energy, operating water, and we all know extra about emergency administration than most. A number of the best EMA professionals are right here. https://t.co/nYtoQMxzEw
— James Spann (@spann) January 27, 2025
The folks of Alabama and Mississippi have needed to take care of pure disasters like hurricanes and tornados in recent times, so to recommend that they don’t have the experience and want the profession bureaucrats from FEMA to avoid wasting them is as laughable as it’s insulting.
However then once more, what do you anticipate from an out-of-touch journalist like Margaret Brennan?
