In downtown Mayfield, prior to the arrival of the presidential entourage, Bryan Wilson estimates the losses in the remainder of his law firm. It seeks to save documents, files, computers, among others.
“It is very important that (the president) come. It shows that in Washington there are still people who are interested in rural America,” Wilson told AFP with misty eyes.
“It is not a question of Republicans, Democrats or independents,” said the lawyer, taking up an argument widely used by Biden, since it goes beyond party divisions, exacerbated today.
The 63-year-old orthodontist Brad Mills, who came with his children to assess the damage to the office built by his grandfather in downtown Mayfield, is in the same vein.
“We are divided on many issues, but here we can find a common interest,” he said, referring to the particularly sour political climate in the United States.
Asked about his message to the president, Mills said that it is necessary “to accelerate financial aid and put political rivalries aside, grease the wheels and lighten the bureaucracy.”
With at least 74 deaths and more than a hundred missing, Kentucky saw the worst in a series of fierce tornadoes that claimed the lives of at least 88 people and left a trail of devastation in five states.
This week National Guard soldiers were deployed to maintain order and help clean and rebuild some buildings, along with volunteers and solidarity associations that came to assist the victims.
Biden promised all the help of the federal authorities: “We will be there as long as necessary to help,” he said Monday at the White House, after a meeting dedicated to the strategy to follow to address the effects of the exceptional meteorological phenomenon that also it claimed victims in the neighboring states of Tennessee, Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas.
With his trip, Biden is not going to conquer lands, politically speaking: while Kentucky has a Democratic governor, the state gave the Republican Donald Trump a large majority in the 2020 elections.
Biden, who has made empathy one of his hallmarks, and who praises at every opportunity the ability of Americans to stick together in difficult times, was careful before his departure not to politicize the visit.
“The president sees people through the tragedy they are going through. He sees them as human beings, not as people with partisan ties,” White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Tuesday.
“The message that he will send them clearly and directly is this: we are here to help them, we want to rebuild, we will be by their side,” he said.
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