United States: Joe Biden at the bedside of tornado victims

Joe Biden surrenderedu dans Kentucky (United States) Wednesday, December 15, to meet the towns and Americans affected by the tornadoes. An exercise in which the Democratic president is comfortable.

Joe Biden raised the status of this disaster to that of national disaster, which left at least 74 dead. This is a higher level than that of the state of emergency and it allows to allocate even more funds from the federal State, in particular for reconstruction and to compensate a little bit the victims, which is very rare in the States. -United. Often, there is nothing to expect from the state, remarks Loïc de La Mornais, France Televisions correspondent in the country.

It’s paradoxical to see Joe Biden help Kentucky, because it is a very conservative state, whose elected officials have often refused to allocate federal funds to other states struck by similar disasters. Today, these same elected Republicans, who had always refused to help others, in turn demand US federal aid and get it.